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Tom Gries

The Glass House

100 Rifles

The Bushwackers

Lady Ice

Helter Skelter

King Dinosaur

Will Penny

Breakout

AKA: Thomas S. Gries

Born: 12/20/1922 Chicago, IL

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Biography: A former Chicago newspaper reporter, Tom Gries came to Hollywood in the immediate postwar years as a talent agent. He entered films as a producer and scripter of both fictional and factual features, then spent several years writing TV scripts. Turning director in the early 1960s, Gries won an Emmy for his handling of "Who Do You Kill?," an episode of the dramatic TV series East Side West Side. Gries' feature-film directorial debut came about when he refused to sell his script for the austere western Will Penny (1968) to Paramount unless he was allowed to call the shots on the set. Developing a harmonious relationship with Will Penny star Charlton Heston, Gries went on to direct Heston's Number One (1969) and The Hawaiians (1970). An inveterate workaholic, 54-year-old Tom Gries died of a heart attack while editing his Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest (1977). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVDs that Tom Gries worked on "behind the scenes"...

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06/06/2006 - The Glass House - Director
05/23/2006 - 100 Rifles - Screenwriter
01/31/2006 - The Bushwackers - Director
05/25/2004 - Lady Ice - Director
04/20/2004 - Helter Skelter - Screenwriter
06/25/2002 - King Dinosaur - Director
06/04/2002 - Will Penny - Director
04/02/2002 - Breakout - Producer
12/11/2001 - The Muhammad Ali: The Greatest [Widescreen/Fullscreen] - Director
06/05/2001 - Donovan's Brain - Director