Entered American film as an assistant director at Warners on SLIGHTLY USED (1927). Other notable credits in over 30 years as an a.d. include THE SINGING FOOL (1928), HONKY TONK (1929), NIGHT NURSE (1931), WHITE EAGLE (1932), MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933), MANDALAY (1934), THE PETRIFIED FOREST and THREE SMART GIRLS (both 1936), ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL (1937), MAD ABOUT MUSIC (1938), FIRST LOVE and THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP (both 1939), IT'S A DATE (1940), TEMPTATION (1946), THE EGG AND I and A DOUBLE LIFE (both 1947), ALL MY SONS (1948), HARVEY (1950), FLAME OF ARABY (1951), WAR ARROW (1953), DESTRY (1954), TARANTULA (1955), MY MAN GODFREY (1957), ONCE UPON A HORSE... (1958), IMITATION OF LIFE, THE WILD AND THE INNOCENT and OPERATION PETTICOAT (all 1959).    Nominated for Assistant Director 1932-33 at Warner Bros. - films not specified. 1 nomination