Lewis Teague

Lewis Teague

  • Birthday: 1938-03-08
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Lewis Teague (born 8 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a film director, whose work includes Alligator, Cat's Eye, Cujo, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!, Navy SEALs and The Triangle. He apprenticed with Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970). Teague found gainful employment working for Roger Corman throughout the 1970s: he handled second-unit director chores on Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Avalanche (1978) and served as an editor for Monte Hellman's Cockfighter (1974) and Jonathan Demme's Crazy Mama (1975). Teague was also second-unit director on Samuel Fuller's World War II movie, The Big Red One (1980). Made his feature debut as the co-director of Dirty O'Neil (1974). He followed this with the Depression-era crime exploitation movie The Lady in Red (1979), which he also edited. The horror-creature feature Alligator (1980) and the urban vigilante film Fighting Back (1980) (TV) followed. Teague directed two Stephen King adaptations in the 1980s, Cujo (1983) and the anthology film Cat's Eye (1985). His other films include The Jewel of the Nile (1985), the action movie Navy Seals (1990), the science fiction offering Wedlock (1991) and the made-for-TV movie The Triangle (2001) (TV). In addition to his film work, Teague has directed episodes of such TV shows as "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962), "Barnaby Jones" (1973), "Shannon's Deal" (1990), "Profiler" (1996) and "Nash Bridges" (1996). After a five-year absence from directing, Teague directed the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).

Filmography

Death Race 2000

1975

As Toreador (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

1976

As Party Guest (uncredited)

American Grindhouse

2011

As Himself

Enough Is Enough

0000

As Self

Production

Wedlock

1991

As Director

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

As Director

Cujo

1983

As Director

Cat's Eye

1985

As Director

Alligator

1980

As Director

OP Center

1995

As Director

The Lady in Red

1979

As Director

The Triangle

2001

As Director

Dirty O'Neil

1974

As Director

Collision Course

1989

As Director

Fighting Back

1982

As Director

Crazy Mama

1975

As Editor

Saved By The Light

1995

As Director

Cockfighter

1974

As Editor

Woodstock

1970

As Production Manager

Navy Seals

1990

As Director

The Lady in Red

1979

As Editor

T Bone N Weasel

1992

As Director

Love and Treason

2001

As Director

Summer Run

1974

As Editor

Walk On The Wild Side

1987

As Editor

Death Race 2000

1975

As Second Unit Director

Death Race 2000

1975

As Associate Editor

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979

As Second Unit Director

The Big Red One

1980

As Second Unit Director

Shannon's Deal

1989

As Director

It's About This Carpenter

1964

As Director

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