Fielder Cook
Directing
Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill. Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.
Known for
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movieA Special Friendship
1987
Director
movieSeize the Day
1986
Director
tvEvergreen
1985
Director
movieWhy Me?
1984
Director
movieFamily Reunion
1981
Director
tvFamily Reunion
1981
Director
movieGauguin the Savage
1980
Director
movieToo Far to Go
1979
Director
movieBeauty and the Beast
1976
Director
movieThe Rivalry
1975
Director
movieValley Forge
1975
Director
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1973
Director
movieHarvey
1972
Director
movieEagle in a Cage
1972
Director
movieNeighbors
1971
Director
movieEnemies
1971
Director
movieGoodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
Director
movieThe Price
1971
Director
movieTeacher, Teacher
1969
Director
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Director
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968
Director
movieBrigadoon
1966
Director
tvMister Roberts
1965
Director
tvEspionage
1963
Director
tvGoing My Way
1962
Director
tvThe Eleventh Hour
1962
Director
tvBen Casey
1961
Director
tvThe Defenders
1961
Director
movieA String of Beads
1961
Director
movieHome Is the Hero
1959
Director
moviePatterns
1956
Director
moviePatterns
1955
Director
tvClimax!
1954
Director
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Director
tvStudio One
1948
Director
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movieGoodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
Executive Producer
movieBrigadoon
1966
Producer
Big Deal in Laredo
1962
Executive Producer
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tvGoodbye, Raggedy Ann
Creator