Joseph A. McDonough

Joseph A. McDonough ( born October 20, 1896 in Portland, Maine, † May 11, 1944 in Hollywood, California ) was an American assistant director, who was nominated for the Academy Awards in 1934 for an Oscar for best assistant director.

Biography

McDonough began his career as an assistant director in 1917 at the Western silent film John Ermine of Yellowstone and was involved until his death during the production of 45 films. At the Academy Awards in 1934, he belonged to the circle of nominees for the Oscar for best assistant director.

He worked on almost all the films of James Whale with that turned this to Universal Studios, and another for Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer films produced. These include the films Waterloo Bridge ( 1931), Frankenstein (1931 ), The House of Horror (1932 ), The Invisible Man (1933 ), Bride of Frankenstein (1935 ), Show Boat (1936) and The Green Hell ( 1940).

Other famous films, where he worked as an assistant director, include My little Gockel (1940 ), One Night in the Tropics (1940 ), the first feature film of Abbott and Costello, and Hellzappopin ( 1941). He was assistant to directors like HC Potter, Edward F. Cline and A. Edward Sutherland.

He has directed as a film director only a movie and that Pirates of the Skies ( 1939).