Albert Band


Albert Band was a French-born American film director and film producer.
He was the son of artist Max Band, father of filmmaker Charles Band and of film composer Richard Band and the grandfather of singer and songwriter Alex Band.

Life and career

Band was born in Paris, France, the son of Lithuanian Jewish parents Bertha and Max Band, an artist. His mother was born in Marijampolė, and his father was from Kudirkos Naumiestis. His family is Jewish. He escaped from Paris to the United States with his family prior to the occupation of France during World War II. He graduated from Hollywood High School.
Interested in film, he became an apprentice at Warner Bros. where he developed contacts eventually becoming an assistant director on John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, then adapting the story The Red Badge of Courage for Huston's film of the same name.
He made his debut as a producer and director in The Young Guns, combining the two then-popular genres of Westerns and juvenile delinquent films. In the late 1950s, he moved to Europe, producing a variety of films, beginning in Sweden with Face of Fire, based on another of Stephen Crane's stories, The Monster.

Filmography

Producer

  • The Young Guns
  • I Bury the Living
  • Face of Fire
  • The Avenger
  • Gunfight at Red Sands
  • Grand Canyon Massacre
  • Hercules and the Princess of Troy
  • The Tramplers
  • The Hellbenders
  • A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
  • Little Cigars
  • Mansion of the Doomed
  • Cinderella
  • Dracula's Dog
  • She Came to the Valley
  • Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
  • Ghost Warrior
  • Troll
  • TerrorVision
  • Ghoulies II
  • Robot Jox
  • The Pit and the Pendulum
  • Joey Takes a Cab
  • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
  • Doctor Mordrid
  • Trancers III
  • Remote
  • Oblivion
  • Dragonworld
  • Pet Shop
  • Castle Freak
  • Magic Island
  • Oblivion 2: Backlash
  • ''Zarkorr! The Invader''

    Director

  • The Young Guns
  • I Bury the Living
  • Face of Fire
  • Hercules and the Princess of Troy
  • The Tramplers
  • Dracula's Dog
  • She Came to the Valley
  • Ghoulies II
  • Joey Takes a Cab
  • Doctor Mordrid
  • Robot Wars
  • Prehysteria!
  • Prehysteria! 2
  • ''Prehysteria! 3''

    Actor

  • Specter of the Rose .... Man
  • The Red Badge of Courage .... Union Soldier Fording River
  • End of the World .... Awards Party Guest
  • Tourist Trap .... Waxwork Grandfather
  • Troll .... Older Couple on TV
  • Trancers II .... Chili Man

    Writer

  • The Red Badge of Courage
  • Footsteps in the Night
  • Face of Fire
  • The Avenger
  • Gunfight at Red Sands
  • Grand Canyon Massacre
  • The Tramplers
  • The Hellbenders
  • A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
  • Auditions
  • ''She Came to the Valley''

    Other

  • ''From Beyond''