Nick Grindé

Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945 Born in Madison Wisconsin Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making As a director he is considered one of American cinemas early B film specialists Throughout his career Grindé was a popular writer of short stories articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood In the mid 1930s he had been married to actress Marie Wilson Later he married KoreanAmerican actress Hazel Shon The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grindé Papers in its Special Collections