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Byron Haskin

Byron Haskin

Director and cinematographer · Died April 16, 1984, aged 84 · Portland, Oregon, USA

Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage". Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 22, 1899
Died
April 16, 1984 (aged 84)
From
Portland, Oregon, USA
Works as
Director and cinematographer
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 12% in 30 days

What are Byron Haskin's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

Genres

Adventure7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Sci-Fi2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Sci-Fi movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
27%
Morality
23%
Bonds
22%
Survival
12%
Self
8%
Society
8%
Survival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 14 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Thrilling
11
Dread
5
Hopeful
8
Warm
5
Other
19

How their films linger

Hopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Byron Haskin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Byron Haskin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

98 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Power(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek(1966)

    Show 26 episodes · Associate Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Historias para no dormir(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Robinson Crusoe on Mars(1964)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Outer Limits(1963)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Captain Sindbad(1963)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Armored Command (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director

  • September Storm(1960)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Jet Over The Atlantic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director

  • World of Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Little Savage(1959)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • From the Earth to the Moon(1958)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Alcoa Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Adventures of Long John Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Boss(1956)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The First Texan(1956)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Affair in Sumatra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Director · as Self - Introduction

  • Screen Director's Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Conquest of Space(1955)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Long John Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Naked Jungle(1954)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • His Majesty O'Keefe(1954)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The War of the Worlds(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Denver & Rio Grande(1952)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Silver City(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Warpath(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Tarzan's Peril (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Treasure Island(1950)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Too Late for Tears(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Man-Eater of Kumaon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

  • I Walk Alone(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Passage to Marseille(1944)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Action in the North Atlantic(1943)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Across the Pacific(1942)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Wings for the Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Special Effects

  • In This Our Life(1942)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Always in My Heart(1942)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Bullet Scars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Special Effects

  • Captains of the Clouds(1942)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Dive Bomber(1941)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Manpower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Special Effects

  • The Wagons Roll at Night(1941)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Great Lie(1941)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Sea Wolf(1941)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Santa Fe Trail(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • South of Suez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Special Effects

  • Knute Rockne All American(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • City for Conquest(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Flowing Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Special Effects

  • The Sea Hawk(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • They Drive by Night(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Gambling on the High Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Other

  • Torrid Zone(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • It All Came True(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Virginia City(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Castle on the Hudson(1940)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Invisible Stripes(1939)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Dust Be My Destiny(1939)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Dodge City(1939)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Submarine D-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Special Effects

  • Green Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Stage Struck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • I Married a Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Colleen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Personal Maid's Secret(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1935)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Black Fury(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • As the Earth Turns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • It's Tough to Be Famous(1932)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Guilty Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Canaries Sometimes Sing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Technical Supervisor

  • On Approval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Technical Supervisor

  • Rookery Nook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Production Supervisor

  • Glad Rag Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • Black Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Supervising Producer

  • The Redeeming Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • On Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Singing Fool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • Caught in the Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • The Siren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Ginsberg the Great (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • When a Man Loves(1927)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Irish Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Matinee Ladies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Wolf's Clothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • Across the Pacific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • Don Juan(1926)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Sea Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • The Golden Cocoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • Where the Worst Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • On Thin Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • Slander the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Cinematographer

  • Broken Chains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 96 titles from 1922 to 1968.

Biggest box office

Treasure Island (1950)

$4.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Too Late for Tears (1949)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

The War of the Worlds (1953)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing37 of 96: 37 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thProducing2 of 96: 2 only producing, 0 with another roleCinematography23 of 96: 23 only cinematography, 0 with another roleOther crew34 of 96: 34 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1920s20 · crew1930s17 · crew1940s28 · crew1950s22 · crew1960s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Byron Haskin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 48; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director

The Little Savage (1959)

60th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Star Trek (1966)

Midcredits 94th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Byron Haskin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Byron Haskin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Abraham Sofaer shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers