Daniel James(1911-1988)

Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Daniel James was born on 14 January 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and assistant director, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Gorgo (1961) and The Giant Behemoth (1959). He was married to Idyl Lilith Stanward and Rosalie Dorothy Guignon. He died on 18 May 1988 in Monterey, California, USA.

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The Great Dictator

8.4

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1940

Gorgo

5.6

Writer(originally as Daniel Hyatt)

1961

The Giant Behemoth

5.7

Writer(originally uncredited)

1959

Revolt in the Big House

6.3

Writer(originally as Daniel Hyatt)

1958

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Gorgo
5.6
- screen story
- screenplay (originally as Daniel Hyatt, originally as Daniel Hyatt)
- 1961
The Giant Behemoth
5.7
- screenplay (originally uncredited)
- 1959
Revolt in the Big House
6.3
- written by (originally as Daniel Hyatt)
- 1958
Producers' Showcase
7.2
TV Series
- based on the play by
- 1956
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
6.6
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1953
Three Russian Girls
6.3
- screenplay
- 1943

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Great Dictator
8.4
- assistant director
- 1940

Personal details

Alternative name
- Daniel Hyatt
Born
- January 14, 1911
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died
- May 18, 1988
- Monterey, California, USA(undisclosed)
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Wrote the novel 'Famous All Over Town', published in 1983, under the pseudonym Danny Santiago. The novel won the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, a $5,000 prize for an outstanding work of fiction presented by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

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