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George Schaefer
Director 1920 - 1997

George Schaefer

Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

George Louis Schaefer (December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997) was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. Schaefer was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived in Oak Park, Illinois for much of his boyhood and... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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5 titles
An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

George Schaefer 1978 1h 47m 5.0

A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'

George Schaefer 1974 1h 38m 5.0

A semi-fictional account of how writer F. Scott Fitzgerald met his wife while he was in the army and stationed in Alabama in 1919.

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

George Schaefer 1971 1h 42m 5.0

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.

Pendulum

Pendulum

George Schaefer 1969 1h 42m

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

George Schaefer, Sidney Lumet 1958 1h 30m

In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal.

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