From Wikipedia
Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14,
1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of
the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50
years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith.
Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie
(Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish
background.
His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Known For
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Assistant Director
The Killers
(1946)
Assistant Director
Son of Dracula
(1943)
Assistant Director
The Woman in Green
(1945)
Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(1943)
Assistant Director
Terror by Night
(1946)
Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Ladies in Love
(1930)
Assistant Director
Today
(1930)
Assistant Director
Grief Street
(1931)
Assistant Director
The Lady from Nowhere
(1931)
Assistant Director
The Hurricane Horseman
(1931)
Assistant Director
A Scarlet Week-End
(1932)
Assistant Director
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Assistant Director
The Drifter
(1932)
Assistant Director
Cross-Examination
(1932)
Assistant Director
Probation
(1932)
Assistant Director
The Midnight Lady
(1932)
Assistant Director
The King Murder
(1932)
Assistant Director
The Secrets of Wu Sin
(1932)
Assistant Director
The Wyoming Whirlwind
(1932)
Assistant Director
Sucker Money
(1933)
Director
Forgotten
(1933)
Assistant Director
I Have Lived
(1933)
Assistant Director
By Appointment Only
(1933)
Assistant Director
Notorious But Nice
(1933)
Assistant Director
Dance, Girl, Dance
(1933)
Assistant Director
A Man of Sentiment
(1933)
Assistant Director
Murder on the Campus
(1933)
Assistant Director
In the Money
(1933)
Assistant Director
Twin Husbands
(1933)
Assistant Director
The Road to Ruin
(1934)
Director
The Murder in the Museum
(1934)
Director
Stolen Sweets
(1934)
Assistant Director
City Park
(1934)
Assistant Director
In Love with Life
(1934)
Assistant Director
Green Eyes
(1934)
Assistant Director
Fifteen Wives
(1934)
Assistant Director
Fugitive Road
(1934)
Assistant Director
Port of Lost Dreams
(1934)
Assistant Director
The Ghost Walks
(1934)
Assistant Director
Sons of Steel
(1934)
Assistant Director
Symphony of Living
(1935)
Assistant Director
A Shot in the Dark
(1935)
Assistant Director
Circumstantial Evidence
(1935)
Assistant Director
Gun Smoke
(1935)
Assistant Director
Condemned to Live
(1935)
Assistant Director
Death from a Distance
(1935)
Assistant Director
Happiness C.O.D.
(1935)
Assistant Director
The Lady in Scarlet
(1935)
Assistant Director
False Pretenses
(1935)
Assistant Director
The Girl Who Came Back
(1935)
Assistant Director
Tango
(1936)
Assistant Director
The Bridge of Sighs
(1936)
Assistant Director
The Dark Hour
(1936)
Assistant Director
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
(1936)
Assistant Director
Murder at Glen Athol
(1936)
Assistant Director
Smashing the Vice Trust
(1937)
Director
Mad Youth
(1940)
Director
Souls in Pawn
(1940)
Director
Bombay Clipper
(1942)
Assistant Director
Confessions of a Vice Baron
(1943)
Director
It Comes Up Love
(1943)
Assistant Director
All by Myself
(1943)
Assistant Director
Son of Dracula
(1943)
Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(1943)
Assistant Director
Captive Wild Woman
(1943)
Assistant Director
Jungle Woman
(1944)
Assistant Director
Gypsy Wildcat
(1944)
Assistant Director
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Assistant Director
Gun Smoke
(1945)
Assistant Director
The Woman in Green
(1945)
Assistant Director
The Killers
(1946)
Assistant Director
The Cat Creeps
(1946)
Assistant Director
Terror by Night
(1946)
Assistant Director
Jungle Goddess
(1948)
Assistant Director
Smart Politics
(1948)
Assistant Director
Smart Woman
(1948)
Assistant Director
Arson, Inc.
(1949)
Assistant Director
Arizona Territory
(1950)
Assistant Director
Cherokee Uprising
(1950)
Assistant Director
I Shot Billy the Kid
(1950)
Assistant Director
Man from Sonora
(1951)
Assistant Director
The Longhorn
(1951)
Assistant Director
Montana Incident
(1952)
Assistant Director
The Night Holds Terror
(1955)
Assistant Director
Beginning of the End
(1957)
Assistant Director
Crew
Writing
Production