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{{Short description|American film and television director}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Stuart Heisler
|birth_date=December 5, 1896
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles]], California]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1979|8|21|1896|12|5}}
|death_place=[[San Diego]], California]]
|occupation=[[Film director]], [[film editor]]
}}
 
'''Stuart Heisler''' (December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979) was an American [[film]] and [[television director]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|worktitle=[[TheStuart New York Times]]Heisler|titleurl=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/93935/Stuart -Heisler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101010346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/93935/Stuart-Heisler|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2014|archive-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> He was onea of the sonsson of Luther Albert Heisler (1855-19161855–1916), a carpenter, and Frances Baldwin Heisler (1857-19351857–1935). He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then dedicatedworked as film director for the rest of his career to that of a film director.
 
HeHeisler directed the 1944 [[propaganda]] film ''[[The Negro Soldier]]'', a [[documentary]] -style recruitment piece targetingaimed at getting African-Americans to enlist in the U.S. military during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|worktitle=[[The NewNegro York Times]]Soldier|titleurl=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/34738/The -Negro -Soldier/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403092507/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/34738/The-Negro-Soldier/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Bob Mastrangelo|date=2015|archive-date=2015-04-03}}</ref> He receivedfound ancommercial [[Academyand Awards|Oscar]]critical nominationsuccess in 1949the forlate hisforties contribution to thedirecting [[visualSusan effectsHayward]] in two of theher filmbreakthrough ''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]''performances.
 
He received an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination in 1949 for his contribution to the visual effects of the film ''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]''.
 
==Partial filmography==
===As editor===
*''[[The Love Light]]'' (1921)
* ''[[They Shall Pay]]'' (1921)
*''[[Cytherea (film)|Cytherea]]'' (1924)
*''[[Tarnish (film)|Tarnish]]'' (1924)
*''[[In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter|In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter]]'' (1924)▼
* ''[[The Silent Stranger (1924 film)|The Silent Stranger]]'' (1924)
▲*''[[In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter|In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter]]'' (1924)
*''[[Stella Dallas (1925 film)|Stella Dallas]]'' (1925)
*''[[Lady Be Good (1928 film)|Lady Be Good]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Hard to Get (1929 film)|Hard toThree-Ring GetMarriage]]'' (19291928)
*''[[Hard to Get (1929 film)|Hard to Get]]'' (1929)
*''[[Raffles (1930 film)|Raffles]]'' (1930)
*''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Kid from Spain|The Kid From Spain]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Masquerader (1933 film)|The Masquerader]]'' (1933)
*''[[Roman Scandals]]'' (1933)
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*''[[Peter Ibbetson]]'' (1935)
*''[[Klondike Annie]]'' (1936)
*''[[Poppy (1936 film)|Poppy]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Big Broadcast of 1937]]'' (1936)
 
===As director===
*''[[Straight from the Shoulder (1936 film)|Straight from the Shoulder]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Hurricane (1937 film)|The Hurricane]]'' (1937)
*''[[The Biscuit Eater (1940 film)|The Biscuit Eater]]'' (1940)
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*''[[Among the Living (film)|Among the Living]]'' (1941)
*''[[The Glass Key (1942 film)|The Glass Key]]'' (1942)
*''[[The Remarkable Andrew]]'' (1942)
*''[[The Negro Soldier]]'' (1944)
*''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]'' (1945)
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*''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]'' (1949)
*''[[Tokyo Joe (1949 film)|Tokyo Joe]]'' (1949)
*''[[Chain Lightning (1950 film)|Chain Lightning]]'' (1950)
*''[[Dallas (film)|Dallas]]'' (1950)
*''[[Storm Warning (1951 film)|Storm Warning]]'' (1951)
*''[[Journey Intointo Light]]'' (1951)
*''[[Saturday Island]]'' (1952)
*''[[The Star (1952 film)|The Star]]'' (1952)
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==External links==
*{{imdbIMDb name |0374702}}
*[http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/stuart-heisler/93935/biography AOL Movies Biography]
 
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Heisler, Stuart
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Film director
| DATE OF BIRTH = December 5, 1896
| PLACE OF BIRTH = United States
| DATE OF DEATH = August 21, 1979
| PLACE OF DEATH = United States
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heisler, Stuart}}
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:American filmFilm directors from Los Angeles]]
[[Category:American television directors]]
[[Category:American film editors]]
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