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James Goldstone

Highest Rated: 63% Winning (1969)

Lowest Rated: 0% When Time Ran Out (1980)

Birthday: Jun 8, 1931

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Prolific television director James Goldstone worked steadily in the television and film industry after completing military service the early 1950s. Starting as a script editor Goldstone moved on to writing before beginning his long directing career, contributing to numerous popular television series including "Route 66," "The Outer Limits," and "Dr. Kildare." He was perhaps best known for directing the second "Star Trek" television pilot at the invitation of the show's creator Gene Roddenberry, before refusing a long-term contract for the series. Goldstone went on to direct another pilot for the classic series "Ironside" and again evaded contractual commitments. In 1968 Goldstone turned his hand to features and over the next decade directed numerous films that ran the gamut from comedy to mystery, including "Red Sky at Morning," the crime caper "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" and the mystery "They Only Kill Their Masters." Throughout the 1980s Goldstone settled into directing television specials and mini-series, his most successful, the award-winning television movie, "Kent State" where his interest in quick pacing and editing was one of the earliest examples of the ''thirty-second-attention span'' principle. In 1988 Goldstone relocated to Vermont and, in addition to holding a post as a visiting professor in film at Columbia University, he directed stage productions for the Oldcastle Theatre Company and served as the head of the Vermont Film Commission.

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Highest rated movies

63% 48% Winning
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53% 49% Rollercoaster
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40% 56% Swashbuckler
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20% 26% The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
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0% 20% When Time Ran Out
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Jigsaw
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20% A Man Called Gannon
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Sentimental Journey
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Things in Their Season
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32% They Only Kill Their Masters
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bride in Black Director - 1990
No Score Yet 71% Earth Star Voyager Director - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story Director - 1986
No Score Yet 67% Calamity Jane Director - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sentimental Journey Director - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess Director - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story Director - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kent State Director - 1981
0% 20% When Time Ran Out Director - 1980
53% 49% Rollercoaster Director - 1977
40% 56% Swashbuckler Director - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey From Darkness Director - 1975
No Score Yet 55% Eric Director - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cry Panic Director - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Things in Their Season Director - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Max Director,
Producer
- 1974
No Score Yet 32% They Only Kill Their Masters Director - 1972
20% 26% The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Director - 1971
No Score Yet 54% Brother John Director - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Sky at Morning Director - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Clear and Present Danger Director - 1970
63% 48% Winning Director - 1969
No Score Yet 20% A Man Called Gannon Director - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jigsaw Director - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Over Elveron Director - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scalplock Director - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ironside Director - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Name: Heraclitus Director - 1967

TV

Credit
80% 89% Star Trek Director 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Director 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Director 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Director 1965
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Director 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Director 1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits Director 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lieutenant Director 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Director 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Director 1960