Lewis Teague
Director

Lewis Teague Net Worth

Lewis Teague is an extremely efficient and underrated director born in Brooklyn, NY on March 8th, 1938. He has worked with many legendary producers and directors, such as Sydney Pollack, Roger Corman, and Samuel Fuller. Teague has directed a variety of films, from the entertainingly trashy Dirty O'Neil (1974) to the Stephen King adaptations Cujo (1983) and Cat's Eye (1985). He has also directed episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Barnaby Jones (1973), Shannon's Deal (1990), Profiler (1996) and Nash Bridges (1996). After a five-year absence from directing, Teague made a comeback with the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Director, Editor, Assistant Director
Birth Day March 08, 1938
Birth Place  Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Age 85 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aries
Occupation Film director Television director Film editor
Years active 1964–present
Website Lewisteague.com

💰 Net worth

Lewis Teague's net worth is estimated to range from $100K to $1M in 2024. Teague is renowned as a multi-talented individual in the United States, specifically as a Director, Editor, and Assistant Director. Throughout his career, Teague has showcased his versatility and skill in these roles, contributing to the success of various projects. With his notable expertise and experience, Teague's net worth is expected to continue growing in the coming years.

Biography/Timeline

1951

Teague was born in Brooklyn, New York. Teague fell in love with films at age 14 when he saw The Steel Helmet (1951)

1962

He dropped out of high school at age 17 and enrolled in the army, serving for three years in Germany. He studied film at New York University, where his short films included Sound and the Painter (1962) and It's About a Carpenter, which was circulated through public libraries. In 1963 he won a scholarship for being the most promising student at the school.

1963

He left the school in 1963 without completing a degree when he was offered a job working on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. (Teague returned to NYU to complete his degree in 2016, at the age of 78.)

1964

Teague had an early directing credit with the episode "The Second Verdict" on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964).

1968

He later said he "dropped out" and ran the Cinemateque 16, an underground movie theater in L.A., for a couple of years until he "got bored, and returned to filmmaking." He provided a film segment for a theatre production of The Disenchanted (1968), which the Los Angeles Times described as "effective".

1970

Teague was a production assistant on Loving (1970) and a production manager on the rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970). He was Cinematographer on Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970).

1974

Outside of New World he edited Summer Run (1974) and the Oscar-winning short documentary Number Our Days (1976).

1979

Teague returned to directing with The Lady in Red (1979), for New World Pictures, based on a script by John Sayles. It starred Robert Conrad, who got Teague a job directing an episode of the TV series A Man Called Sloane. He also did episodes of Vega$ and Barnaby Jones and was the Second-Unit Director on Samuel Fuller's World War II movie, The Big Red One (1980).

1980

Teague's second feature as sole credit was Alligator (1980), based on a script by Sayles.

1982

He did an episode of Riker then helmed the vigilante film Fighting Back (1982) and was called in at the last minute to do a Stephen King adaptation, Cujo (1983). It was popular and Teague was offered a second King script, Cat's Eye (1985).

1985

Teague had his biggest budget to date with The Jewel of the Nile (1985), a sequel to Romancing the Stone (1984).

1989

There was a gap in films, before Teague returned with Collision Course (1989), which he was brought on to at the last minute. He returned to television with Shannon's Deal (1989), based on a script by Sayles.

1990

Teague directed Navy Seals (1990), followed by Wedlock (1991) and T Bone N Weasel (1992).←

1995

He did episodes of Time Trax (the pilot), Fortune Hunter, Profiler, and Nash Bridges, and did some TV movies: OP Center (1995), Saved by the Light (1995),Justice League of America (1997) (doing uncredited work), The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997), Love and Treason (2001), and The Triangle (2001).

2007

After a five-year absence from directing, Teague directed (as well as wrote and produced) the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).

2010

Teague has experimented with digital filmmaking, working on a reality-based sitcom series in digital format about CharlottaTS (a transsexual from Barcelona), Carlotta T-S (2010).

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