Nick Grindé

Director

Biography

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 cinema's 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 Korean-American actress Hazel Shon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grindé Papers in its Special Collections.

Personal Info

Occupation Director

Place of Birth Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Birthday 1893-01-12

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Filmography by Year

1946

1945

1942

1941

1940

1939

1938

1937

1936

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1934

1933

1932

1931

1930

1929

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1927