Jerry Warren

For the American journalist and presidential press secretary, see Gerald Lee Warren.

Jerry Warren
BornMarch 10, 1925
DiedAugust 21, 1988(1988-08-21) (aged 63)
Escondido, California, USA
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active1944–1981
Spouse(s)Brianne Murphy (m. 1956;[1] divorced, 1959)

Jerry Warren (March 10, 1925[2] – August 21, 1988) was an American film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor. Warren grew up wanting to get into the film business in Los Angeles, California.[3] He appeared in small parts in a few 1940s films such as Ghost Catchers, Anchors Aweigh, and Unconquered.[3]

After meeting with producers, Warren took on his first film as a director and producer with Man Beast in 1956.[3] He initially created his own films, although relying heavily on stock footage. Later, he would just buy foreign films that already existed and re-edit them, dubbing some scenes in English and inserting new footage which he shot with American actors such as John Carradine and Katherine Victor.[4] Warren even wrote some screenplays for his films under the pen name "Jacques Lecoutier", which he sometimes misspelled in the credits.[5]

  1. ^ Warren, Bill (2009). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. "Teenage Zombies" entry. ISBN 0786442301.
  2. ^ "Jerry Warren". Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Weaver 2000, p. 370.
  4. ^ Ray 1991, p. 2.
  5. ^ Warren, Bill (January 12, 2017). Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625058. Retrieved August 17, 2018 – via Google Books.