Fielder Cook

Fielder Cook is known for A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966), Patterns (1956), Seize the Day (1986).

Biography

Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill.

Questions about Fielder Cook

How many Fielder Cook films are in the catalogue?

The CineQuiz catalogue has 40 films with Fielder Cook, from 1955 to 1997.

What was the first Fielder Cook film?

The first Fielder Cook film in the catalogue is Patterns, from 1956.

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Also works as: screenwriter · film director · film producer · television producer · director
Studied at: Washington and Lee University · University of Birmingham

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