Gerd Oswald

Career Overview

Gerd Oswald has 38 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Signature works include Sunset Boulevard, The Longest Day, A Kiss Before Dying. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

38

Birth Date

1919-06-09

Birth Place

Berlin, Germany

Known For

• 

  Sunset Boulevard
• 

  The Longest Day
• 

  A Kiss Before Dying
• 

  Niagara
• 

  80 Steps to Jonah
• 

  Agent for H.A.R.M.

Frequent Collaborators

• Jeffrey Hunter (2 collaborations)
• Sal Mineo (2 collaborations)
• Robert Wagner (2 collaborations)
• Robert Quarry (2 collaborations)
• William Holden (1 collaborations)
• Gloria Swanson (1 collaborations)
• Erich von Stroheim (1 collaborations)
• Nancy Olson (1 collaborations)
• Fred Clark (1 collaborations)
• Lloyd Gough (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (30 credits)

  • The Twilight Zone

    - Night of the Meek / But Can She Type? / The Star (1985) ... director directing

    - The Beacon / One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985) ... director directing
    1985
  • To the Bitter End

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Bunny O'Hare

    director

    directing
    1971
  • 80 Steps to Jonah

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Agent for H.A.R.M.

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Star Trek

    - The Alternative Factor (1967) ... director directing

    - The Conscience of the King (1966) ... director directing
    1966
  • Shane

    - Poor Tom's A-Cold (1966) ... director directing

    - The Bitter, The Lonely (1966) ... director directing
    1966
  • The Unknown

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - Chief Mingo (1967) ... director directing

    - The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee (1967) ... director directing

    - Take the Southbound Stage (1967) ... director directing

    - Fort West Point (1967) ... director directing

    - The Young Ones (1967) ... director directing
    1964
  • Scarlet Eye

    director

    directing
    1963
  • The Fugitive

    - Wine is a Traitor (1966) ... director directing

    - Joshua's Kingdom (1966) ... director directing
    1963
  • The Outer Limits

    - The Premonition (1965) ... director directing

    - The Duplicate Man (1964) ... director directing

    - Expanding Human (1964) ... director directing

    - Soldier (1964) ... director directing

    - The Forms of Things Unknown (1964) ... director directing
    1963
  • The Longest Day

    second unit director

    directing
    1962
  • Brainwashed

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Day the Rains Came

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - The Testing Post (1965) ... director directing
    1959
  • Screaming Mimi

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Paris Holiday

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Valerie

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Fury at Showdown

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Lost Last Act (1959) ... director directing

    - The Case of the Jaded Joker (1959) ... director directing

    - The Case of the Purple Woman (1958) ... director directing
    1957
  • Crime of Passion

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Brass Legend

    director

    directing
    1956
  • A Kiss Before Dying

    director

    directing
    1956
  • White Witch Doctor

    first assistant director

    directing
    1953
  • Niagara

    assistant director

    directing
    1953
  • Sunset Boulevard

    second assistant director

    directing
    1950
  • The Lovable Cheat

    assistant director

    directing
    1949
  • A Foreign Affair

    second assistant director

    directing
    1948
  • San Quentin

    assistant director

    directing
    1946

• production (4 credits)

  • Bunny O'Hare

    producer

    production
    1971
  • 80 Steps to Jonah

    producer

    production
    1969
  • Oasis

    producer

    production
    1955
  • Man on a Tightrope

    associate producer

    production
    1953

• writing (3 credits)

  • 80 Steps to Jonah

    story

    writing
    1969
  • Brainwashed

    writer

    writing
    1960
  • The Day the Rains Came

    writer

    writing
    1959

• crew (1 credits)

  • Decision Before Dawn

    second unit

    crew
    1951