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Michael D. Moore

Born
October 14, 1914
Died
March 4, 2013
Michael D. Moore (born Dennis Michael Sheffield, October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor, when he was credited as Mickey Moore (or Micky Moore). He was credited as Michael Moore on all the films and TV shows he directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director. Born Michael Sheffield in Victoria, British Columbia, both he and his brother Patrick were Hollywood child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the stage name "Mickey Moore". He appeared in two dozen films until 1927 when he was 13. In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an Assistant Film Director and would fill that role or as a Second unit director on more than sixty films. He played a key part in a number of major motion pictures including The Ten Commandments, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, and The Man Who Would Be King in 1975. He also worked as an assistant director on several Elvis Presley musical films and directed Presley in the 1966 film, Paradise, Hawaiian Style for Paramount Pictures. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, MGM hired him to direct rock singer Roy Orbison in 1967's The Fastest Guitar Alive. He was the associate producer in charge of action & animal scenes for Quest for Fire. In the 1980s, Steven Spielberg hired Moore as assistant director for both the second and third Indiana Jones films. Moore worked as second unit director on Raiders of the Lost Ark. His association with Spielberg also led him to direct one episode ("Alamo Jobe") in the acclaimed TV series Amazing Stories. Well into his eighties, Moore was still active, his most recent work being as the second unit director for Disney's 2000 film, 102 Dalmatians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael D. Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Assistant Director
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
Second Unit Director
Ghostbusters II
(1989)
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989)
Second Unit Director
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Second Unit Director
Willow
(1988)
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(1984)
Second Unit Director
102 Dalmatians
(2000)
Second Unit Director
Never Say Never Again
(1983)
Second Unit Director
Chaplin
(1992)
Second Unit Director
The Three Musketeers
(1993)
Second Unit Director
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Second Unit Director
Cool Runnings
(1993)
Second Unit Director
National Lampoon's European Vacation
(1985)
Second Unit Director
Airport '77
(1977)
Second Unit Director
The War of the Worlds
(1953)
Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
California
(1947)
Second Assistant Director
The Paleface
(1948)
Second Assistant Director
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Second Assistant Director
Fancy Pants
(1950)
Second Assistant Director
The Furies
(1950)
Second Assistant Director
When Worlds Collide
(1951)
Assistant Director
The Turning Point
(1952)
Assistant Director
The War of the Worlds
(1953)
Assistant Director
Money from Home
(1953)
Assistant Director
The Caddy
(1953)
Assistant Director
Living It Up
(1954)
Assistant Director
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Assistant Director
You're Never Too Young
(1955)
Assistant Director
The Seven Little Foys
(1955)
Assistant Director
Hell's Island
(1955)
Assistant Director
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Assistant Director
Pardners
(1956)
Assistant Director
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Assistant Director
The Tin Star
(1957)
Assistant Director
Beau James
(1957)
Assistant Director
King Creole
(1958)
Assistant Director
Hot Spell
(1958)
Assistant Director
Houseboat
(1958)
Assistant Director
Don't Give Up the Ship
(1959)
Assistant Director and Second Unit Director
The Trap
(1959)
Assistant Director
G.I. Blues
(1960)
Assistant Director
Visit to a Small Planet
(1960)
Assistant Director
Blue Hawaii
(1961)
Assistant Director
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Assistant Director
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)
Assistant Director
Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Assistant Director
A New Kind of Love
(1963)
Assistant Director
Roustabout
(1964)
Assistant Director
The Carpetbaggers
(1964)
Assistant Director
The Sons of Katie Elder
(1965)
Assistant Director
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
(1966)
Director
An Eye for an Eye
(1966)
Director
Kill a Dragon
(1967)
Director
The Fastest Guitar Alive
(1967)
Director
Buckskin
(1968)
Director
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Second Unit Director
How to Commit Marriage
(1969)
Second Unit Director
Patton
(1970)
Second Unit Director
Sometimes a Great Notion
(1971)
Assistant Director
Emperor of the North
(1973)
Second Unit Director
Badge 373
(1973)
Second Unit Director
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
(1973)
Assistant Director
The Yakuza
(1974)
Assistant Director
Mame
(1974)
Second Unit Director
Rooster Cogburn
(1975)
Second Unit Director
The Man Who Would Be King
(1975)
Second Unit Director
The Missouri Breaks
(1976)
Second Unit Director
The Return of a Man Called Horse
(1976)
Second Unit Director
Mister Deathman
(1977)
Director
Damnation Alley
(1977)
Second Unit Director
Airport '77
(1977)
Second Unit Director
The Electric Horseman
(1979)
Second Unit Director
Raise the Titanic
(1980)
Second Unit Director
Zorro, The Gay Blade
(1981)
Second Unit Director
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
Second Unit Director
Six Pack
(1982)
Second Unit Director
Never Say Never Again
(1983)
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(1984)
Second Unit Director
National Lampoon's European Vacation
(1985)
Second Unit Director
Sylvester
(1985)
Second Unit Director
Outrageous Fortune
(1987)
Second Unit Director
Ishtar
(1987)
Second Unit Director
Funny Farm
(1988)
Second Unit Director
Willow
(1988)
Second Unit Director
Ghostbusters II
(1989)
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989)
Second Unit Director
Toy Soldiers
(1991)
Second Unit Director
Chaplin
(1992)
Second Unit Director
The Mighty Ducks
(1992)
Second Unit Director
Cool Runnings
(1993)
Second Unit Director
The Three Musketeers
(1993)
Second Unit Director
Little Giants
(1994)
Second Unit Director
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Second Unit Director
Wrongfully Accused
(1998)
Second Unit Director
102 Dalmatians
(2000)
Second Unit Director
Acting
Art
Production
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