William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.
Known For
The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Assistant Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(1916)
Second Assistant Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Second Unit Director
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
During the Round-Up
(1913)
Director
By Man's Law
(1913)
Director
An Indian's Loyalty
(1913)
Director
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
(1913)
Director
The Blue or the Gray
(1913)
Director
The Adopted Brother
(1913)
Director
So Runs the Way
(1913)
Director
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
(1914)
Director
Granny
(1914)
Director
The Odalisque
(1914)
Director
The City Beautiful
(1914)
Director
The Saving Grace
(1914)
Director
The Life of General Villa
(1914)
Director
The Quicksands
(1914)
Director
The Better Way
(1914)
Director
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
(1914)
Director
Down by the Sounding Sea
(1914)
Director
A Lesson in Mechanics
(1914)
Director
The Hunchback
(1914)
Director
The Sisters
(1914)
Director
Moonshine Molly
(1914)
Director
Arms and the Gringo
(1914)
Director
Her Awakening
(1914)
Director
The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Assistant Director
Double Trouble
(1915)
Director
The Lamb
(1915)
Director
The Craven
(1915)
Director
Martyrs of the Alamo
(1915)
Director
The Lost House
(1915)
Director
The Three Brothers
(1915)
Director
Enoch Arden
(1915)
Director
The Failure
(1915)
Director
Sold for Marriage
(1916)
Director
Pathways of Life
(1916)
Director
Diane of the Follies
(1916)
Director
Flirting with Fate
(1916)
Director
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
(1916)
Director
Reggie Mixes In
(1916)
Director
The Flying Torpedo
(1916)
Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(1916)
Second Assistant Director
Daphne and the Pirate
(1916)
Director
National Red Cross Pageant
(1917)
Director
One of Many
(1917)
Director
Draft 258
(1917)
Director
The Great Secret
(1917)
Director
The Pest
(1919)
Director
The Triflers
(1920)
Director
The Stealers
(1920)
Director
Life's Twist
(1920)
Director
Burnt Wings
(1920)
Director
Live and Let Live
(1921)
Director
Beyond the Rainbow
(1922)
Director
The Sixth Commandment
(1924)
Director
Youth for Sale
(1924)
Director
Is Love Everything?
(1924)
Director
The Average Woman
(1924)
Director
The Masked Bride
(1925)
Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Second Unit Director
The Midshipman
(1925)
Director
Dreams of Monte Carlo
(1926)
Director
Altars of Desire
(1927)
Director
Annapolis
(1928)
Director
Restless Youth
(1928)
Director
The Dawn Trail
(1930)
Director
Conspiracy
(1930)
Director
Graft
(1931)
Director
Carne de Cabaret
(1931)
Director
Convicted
(1931)
Director
Western Limited
(1932)
Director
The Midnight Patrol
(1932)
Director
Hearts of Humanity
(1932)
Director
Hotel Continental
(1932)
Director
Red Haired Alibi
(1932)
Director
The Unwritten Law
(1932)
Director
Midshipman Jack
(1933)
Director
Daring Daughters
(1933)
Director
The World Gone Mad
(1933)
Director
A Girl of the Limberlost
(1934)
Director
Jane Eyre
(1934)
Director
Money Means Nothing
(1934)
Director
Storm Over the Andes
(1935)
Director
Rendezvous at Midnight
(1935)
Director
Another Face
(1935)
Director
The Keeper of the Bees
(1935)
Director
Behind the Green Lights
(1935)
Director
One Frightened Night
(1935)
Director
The Last Outlaw
(1936)
Director
The Westland Case
(1937)
Director
We Who Are About to Die
(1937)
Director
Criminal Lawyer
(1937)
Director
Annapolis Salute
(1937)
Director
You Can't Beat Love
(1937)
Director
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
(1937)
Director
Don't Tell the Wife
(1937)
Director
Smashing the Spy Ring
(1938)
Director
Everybody's Doing It
(1938)
Director
Night Spot
(1938)
Director
This Marriage Business
(1938)
Director
Legion of Lost Flyers
(1939)
Director
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
(1939)
Director
Tropic Fury
(1939)
Director
The Man from Montreal
(1939)
Director
Black Diamonds
(1940)
Director
Hot Steel
(1940)
Director
Danger On Wheels
(1940)
Director
Alias the Deacon
(1940)
Director
The Devil's Pipeline
(1940)
Director
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Director
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Baines
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Meets Broadway
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Rides High
(1942)
Director
Timber!
(1942)
Director
Top Sergeant
(1942)
Director
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Director
Drums of the Congo
(1942)
Director
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Director
Cinderella Swings It
(1943)
Director
Dixie Jamboree
(1944)
Director
Sensation Hunters
(1945)
Director
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Director
King of the Bandits
(1947)
Director
Robin Hood of Monterey
(1947)
Director
Scared to Death
(1947)
Director
Back Trail
(1948)
Director
Silver Trails
(1948)
Director
Acting
The Battle
(1911)
A Union soldier (uncredited)
So Near, Yet So Far
(1912)
In Club / On Street
The Old Actor
(1912)
at audition
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
(1912)
At Dance (uncredited)
A Beast at Bay
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
(1912)
A Lodging for the Night
(1912)
First Mexican Couple - the Man (as W. Christy Cabanne)
For His Son
(1912)
One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain
Tragedy of the Dress Suit
(1912)
At Party
A Temporary Truce
(1912)
An Indian (uncredited)
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
(1912)
A Villain (uncredited)
Two Daughters of Eve
(1912)
The Driver
A Cry for Help
(1912)
Witness to Accident
Heredity
(1912)
Indian
Under Burning Skies
(1912)
Emily's Beau
The God Within
(1912)
On Street (as W. Christy Cabanne)
The House of Darkness
(1913)
Attack Victim
The Wanderer
(1913)
The Brother
Near To Earth
(1913)
A Businessman
The Sorrowful Shore
(1913)
The Widowed Father's Son
His Lesson
(1915)
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
Writing
A Timely Interception
(1913)
Writer
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
(1913)
Writer
The Blue or the Gray
(1913)
Writer
His Mother's Son
(1913)
Writer
The Sorrowful Shore
(1913)
Writer
So Runs the Way
(1913)
Writer
The Adopted Brother
(1913)
Writer
A Chance Deception
(1913)
Writer
During the Round-Up
(1913)
Writer
A Misunderstood Boy
(1913)
Writer
The Quicksands
(1914)
Scenario Writer
The Better Way
(1914)
Writer
The Sisters
(1914)
Writer
The Failure
(1915)
Writer
Double Trouble
(1915)
Scenario Writer
The Lamb
(1915)
Screenplay
Martyrs of the Alamo
(1915)
Writer
One of Many
(1917)
Writer
Draft 258
(1917)
Writer
The Great Secret
(1917)
Writer
The Stealers
(1920)
Screenplay and Story
Burnt Wings
(1920)
Writer
Live and Let Live
(1921)
Writer
Beyond the Rainbow
(1922)
Writer
Is Love Everything?
(1924)
Story
Storm Over the Andes
(1935)
Story
Annapolis Salute
(1937)
Story
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
(1941)
Writer
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Screenplay
King of the Bandits
(1947)
Story
Production