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Daniel Haller

Born September 14, 1926 in Glendale, California, USADied December 18, 202442 films

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Daniel Haller (born September 14, 1926 in Glendale, California) is an American film and television director, production designer, and art director. Haller studied at the renowned Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

In 1953, Haller started as an art director in television, then quickly graduated to low budget feature films. Among many other credits, Haller designed the deceptively opulent sets for nearly all of Roger Corman's critically acclaimed Edgar Allan Poe film series, including House of Usher (1960) and The Pit and the Pendulum (1961).

Haller directed his first film, Die, Monster, Die!, in 1965 for American International Pictures. Based on H. P. Lovecraft's short story The Colour Out of Space, it was very similar in plot and atmosphere to Corman's Poe films. After directing two motorcycle pictures (The Devil's Angels (1967) and The Wild Racers (1968)), Haller filmed another Lovecraft adaptation, The Dunwich Horror (1970).

From 1972, all of Haller's subsequent work has been in television, including directing episodes of Night Gallery, Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Today he lives with his family in a horse ranch in the San Fernando Valley.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
House of Usher poster6.7House of Usher1960The Masque of the Red Death poster6.6The Masque of the Red Death1964The Little Shop of Horrors poster6.3The Little Shop of Horrors1960X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes poster6.6X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes1963Tales of Terror poster6.7Tales of Terror1962The Raven poster6.3The Raven1963The Haunted Palace poster6.7The Haunted Palace1963A Bucket of Blood poster6.6A Bucket of Blood1959

Filmography

42 films
  1. 1967A Time for KillingArt Direction
  2. 1967Thunder AlleyArt Direction
  3. 1966Fireball 500Art Direction
  4. 1966The Ghost in the Invisible BikiniArt Direction
  5. 1965Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini MachineArt Direction
  6. 1964Pajama PartyArt Direction
  7. 1964The Tomb of LigeiaArt Direction
  8. 1964The Masque of the Red DeathProduction Design
  9. 1964Bikini BeachArt Direction
  10. 1964The Comedy of TerrorsProduction Design
  11. 1963The Haunted PalaceArt Direction
  12. 1963Beach PartyArt Direction
  13. 1963X: The Man with the X-Ray EyesProduction Design
  14. 1963The TerrorArt Direction
  15. 1963Operation BikiniArt Direction
  16. 1963Diary of a MadmanArt Direction
  17. 1963The RavenProduction Design
  18. 1962Tower of LondonArt Direction
  19. 1962Panic in Year Zero!Set Designer
  20. 1962Tales of TerrorProduction Design
  21. 1962The Premature BurialArt Direction
  22. 1961Devil's PartnerArt Direction
  23. 1961The Pit and the PendulumProduction Design
  24. 1961The Cat BurglarArt Direction
  25. 1961Master of the WorldProduction Design
  26. 1960House of UsherProduction Design
  27. 1960The Wild RideArt Direction
  28. 1960The Girl in Lovers LaneArt Direction
  29. 1960The Little Shop of HorrorsArt Direction
  30. 1959The Atomic SubmarineArt Direction
  31. 1959The Wasp WomanArt Direction
  32. 1959A Bucket of BloodArt Direction
  33. 1959Attack of the Giant LeechesArt Direction
  34. 1959The Diary of a High School BrideArt Direction
  35. 1959Ghost of Dragstrip HollowArt Direction
  36. 1959Tank CommandosArt Direction
  37. 1958Night of the Blood BeastArt Direction
  38. 1958War of the SatellitesArt Direction
  39. 1958Machine-Gun KellyArt Direction
  40. 1958Jet AttackAssistant Art Director
  41. 1954Duffy of San QuentinArt Direction
  42. 1953White GoddessProduction Design