Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director He was born in Portland Oregon He is remembered today for directing 1953s The War of the Worlds one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal In his early career he was a special effects artist with a number of credits on Warner Bros films an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits including two highly regarded episodes The Architects of Fear and Demon with a Glass Hand He also coproduced the original Star Trek pilot episode The Cage Haskin appeared as an interviewee onscreen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow Haskin died in Montecito California six days before his 85th birthday
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