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name: "Joseph M. Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-m-newman"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 August 1909"
died: "23 January 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:39:59.239497+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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# Joseph M. Newman

Director. Born 7 August 1909 in Logan, Utah, USA. Died 23 January 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 August 1909, Logan, Utah, USA
- **Died:** 23 January 2006
- **Also known as:** Joseph Newman, Joe Newman

## Biography

Joseph M. Newman was an American film director. He began his career as an assistant director at MGM, receiving Academy Award nominations in the now-defunct Assistant Director category for *David Copperfield* (1935) and *San Francisco* (1936).

Newman directed the science fiction film *This Island Earth* (1955). He later directed episodes of television series including four instalments of *The Twilight Zone* (1959) and ten of *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962). He also directed *711 Ocean Drive* (1950) and several westerns and other features.

Newman served as a major in the US Signal Corps during the Second World War. His credits span from the 1930s to 1965.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *This Island Earth* (1955), Director
- *Dinner at Eight* (1933), Assistant Director
- *San Francisco* (1936), Assistant Director
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Director
- *David Copperfield* (1935), Assistant Director
- *The Merry Widow* (1934), Assistant Director
- *The Big Valley* (1965), Director
- *China Seas* (1935), Assistant Director

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