Nick Grindé
Directing
Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Throughout his career, Grindé was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. In the mid 1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grindé Papers in its Special Collections.
Known for
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movieInjun Talk
1946
Director
movieRoad to Alcatraz
1945
Director
movieHitler- Dead or Alive
1942
Director
movieThe Girl from Alaska
1942
Director
movieMountain Moonlight
1941
Director
movieFriendly Neighbors
1940
Director
movieBefore I Hang
1940
Director
movieGirls of the Road
1940
Director
movieMen Without Souls
1940
Director
movieThe Man with Nine Lives
1940
Director
movieConvicted Woman
1940
Director
movieScandal Sheet
1939
Director
movieA Woman is the Judge
1939
Director
movieMillion Dollar Legs
1939
Director
movieSudden Money
1939
Director
movieKing of Chinatown
1939
Director
movieFederal Man-Hunt
1938
Director
movieDown in 'Arkansaw'
1938
Director
movieDelinquent Parents
1938
Director
movieExiled to Shanghai
1937
Director
movieLove Is on the Air
1937
Director
movieWhite Bondage
1937
Director
moviePublic Wedding
1937
Director
movieFugitive in the Sky
1936
Director
movieThe Captain's Kid
1936
Director
movieJailbreak
1936
Director
moviePublic Enemy's Wife
1936
Director
movieLucky Fugitives
1936
Director
movieHow to Sleep
1935
Director
movieLadies Crave Excitement
1935
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movieBorder Brigands
1935
Director
movieStone of Silver Creek
1935
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movieBum Voyage
1934
Director
movieNo More West
1934
Director
movieMenu
1933
Director
movieVanity Street
1932
Director
movieShopworn
1932
Director
movieThis Modern Age
1931
Director
movieThe Devil's Cabaret
1930
Director
movieRemote Control
1930
Director
movieWu Li Chang
1930
Director
movieGood News
1930
Director
movieThe Bishop Murder Case
1929
Director
movieThe Desert Rider
1929
Director
movieMorgan's Last Raid
1929
Director
Leo Beers: World Renowned Whistling Songster
1928
Director
movieBeyond the Sierras
1928
Director
movieBody and Soul
1927
Assistant Director
movieExcuse Me
1925
Assistant Director
Writing3
movieWe've Never Been Licked
1943
Screenplay
movieThe Divorcee
1930
Screenplay