Donald Siegel (October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American director. Though born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Jesus College in Cambridge, England and graduated from there. After spending some time in Paris, he came to Los Angeles and got a job at Warner Bros., where he directed Montages, most notably the one featured in Casablanca. He also directed two short films — Hitler Lives and Star in the Night — both of which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, which helped him to get a job as a feature film director.
Siegel was best known for the five movies he made with Clint Eastwood (who dedicated his own Academy Award winning film Unforgiven to him, along with Sergio Leone), as well as for directing John Wayne's last film, The Shootist, as well as the original version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Films directed by Siegel with their own page:
- Star in the Night (1945)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Flaming Star (1960)
- Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
- The Killers (1964)
- Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- The Beguiled (1971)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Charley Varrick (1973)
- The Shootist (1976)
- Telefon (1977)
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
