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name: "Christian Nyby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christian-nyby"
roles: ["Director","Editor"]
born: "1 September 1913"
died: "17 September 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T16:42:35.616814+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Christian Nyby

Director and editor. Born 1 September 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 17 September 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Editor
- **Born:** 1 September 1913, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 17 September 1993
- **Active:** 1946–1973
- **Works often with:** Richard Donner, Abner Biberman, Alex March, Allen Reisner, Anthony Wilson, Chester Krumholz

## Biography

Christian Nyby (1 September 1913 – 17 September 1993) was an American film editor and television and film director. Born in Los Angeles, he began his career in the studios and worked as an editor on seventeen feature films between 1943 and 1952, including *The Big Sleep* (1946) and *Red River* (1948).

Nyby received his first directing credit on the science-fiction film *The Thing from Another World* (1951). He directed four further feature films and, from 1953 to 1975, numerous episodes of television series including *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Gunsmoke* (1955), *Bonanza* (1959), *Perry Mason* (1957), *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974) and *Kojak* (1973). He was the father of television director Christian Nyby II.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Big Sleep* (1946), Editor

## Also known for

- *The Thing from Another World* (1951), Director
- *Bonanza* (1959), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Gilligan's Island* (1964), Director
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Director
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Director
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Director
- *Emergency!* (1972), Director

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