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Rod Amateau

Born December 20, 1923 in New York, New York, United States

Died June 29, 2003

2 films

Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 2

Sunset (1988) movie poster
Sunset1988
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) movie poster
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie1987