From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia William Nuelsen Witney 15 May 1915 17 March 2002 was an American film and television director He is best remembered for the movie serials he codirected with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle Zorros Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu He directed many Westerns during his career and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley1 Prolific and pugnacious Witney began directing while still in his 20s and continued until 1982 Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors particularly for The Golden Stallion 1949 a Roy Rogers vehicle2 Witney also directed Master of the World 1961 starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson Description above from the Wikipedia article William Witney licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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