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Frederick Stephani
Film director (1903-1962) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 59
Frederick Stephani was a screenwriter and film director. He is best known for co-writing and directing the 13-chapter science fiction serial Flash Gordon in 1936. The serial became Universal's second highest-grossing productions that year.
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Bombs on Monte CarloFilm, Writer1959
The DeputySeries, Director1953
Fort AlgiersFilm, Writer1949
Johnny HolidayFilm, Writer1947
It Happened on Fifth AvenueFilm, Writer1945
She Went to the RacesFilm, Producer1943
Sweet Rosie O'GradyFilm, Writer1941
Down in San DiegoFilm, Producer1940
And One Was BeautifulFilm, Producer1939
Fast and FuriousFilm, Producer1937
Beg, Borrow or StealFilm, Producer1936
Flash GordonFilm, Director, Writer1934
Fifteen WivesFilm, Writer1931
DraculaFilm, Writer1903Born13 June 1903Known for
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Dracula 1931
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947
Tarzan's New York Adventure 1942
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Jean Rogers Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
George Cleveland Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Frank Shannon Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)- Robert B. Sinclair Also in And One Was Beautiful (1940)
Buster Crabbe Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Glenn Strange Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Charles Middleton Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Al Ferguson Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Richard Alexander Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Henry MacRae Produced Flash Gordon and Rocket Ship
Dwight Frye Frederick produced Fast Company (1938)
Franchot Tone Frederick produced Fast and Furious (1939)
Priscilla Lawson Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
James Pierce Frederick directed Flash Gordon (1936)
Roy Barcroft Frederick directed Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
Willis Goldbeck Directed Johnny Holiday (1949)- Harry Kurnitz Also in Fast Company and Fast and Furious
Florence Rice Frederick produced Fast Company (1938)
Charles Lane Frederick produced Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Nat Pendleton Frederick produced Fast Company (1938)
Barbara Bedford Frederick produced Fast Company (1938)
Johnny Weissmuller Frederick produced Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Tyrone Power Also in Love Is News and That Wonderful Urge
Karl Freund Directed Dracula (1931)
Filmography 30
36 credits on file
Television 1
About this person
Despite its success, this was the first and only serial Stephani directed over the course of his career, possibly due to its shortcomings in special effects and overall production values, even by contemporary standards. Stephani continued to write, produce and direct feature films and television episodes into the 1960s.
