AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Paul Mantz

56 Titles in Filmography DIRECTOR | PHOTOGRAPHY | PRODUCTION MISC | STAND INS | HISTORY

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FILMOGRAPHY

PRODUCTION MISC

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
CEILING ZERO
Tech adv
1936
TEST PILOT
Tech dir
1938
MEN WITH WINGS
Tech adv
1938
20,000 MEN A YEAR
Tech adv
1939
TAIL SPIN
Tech dir
1939
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Tech adv
1939
MEN AGAINST THE SKY
Tech adv
1940
CHARTER PILOT
Stunt Pilot
1940
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Pilot
1940
I WANTED WINGS
Stunt pilot and pilot of cam airplane
1941
DIVE BOMBER
Chief pilot for Warner Bros.
1941
KEEP 'EM FLYING
Chief pilot [torpedo chase and flying seq]
1941
YOUNG AMERICA
Pilot for flying seq
1942
AIR FORCE
Chief pilot for Warner Bros.
1943
CAPTAIN EDDIE
Stunt pilot
1945
GALLANT JOURNEY
Chief pilot
1946
BLAZE OF NOON
Aerial unit supv and chief pilot
1947
INTRIGUE
Flying seq
1947
CASS TIMBERLANE
Pilot of George Sidney's airplane
1948
FORT APACHE
Aerial liaison
1948
TASK FORCE
Pilot
1949
CHAIN LIGHTNING
Aviation
1950
BORDERLINE
Supv aerial scenes
1950
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
Stunt pilot
1950
THE DESERT FOX
Aerial footage coordinator
1951
THE LAS VEGAS STORY
Supv of helicopter scenes
1952
THIS IS CINERAMA
"America the Beautiful" piloted by
1952
DESPERATE SEARCH
Tech adv for airplane seq and pilot for cam plane
1953
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
Aerial unit supv
1955
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL
Planes supplied by
1955
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Pilot, U.S.
1956
ZERO HOUR!
Night aerial footage
1957
JET PILOT
Pilot
1957
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
Aerial supv
1957
THE CROWDED SKY
Pilot
1960
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
Aerial supv
1963

STAND INS

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SINS OF MAN
Stunt flyer
1936
BORDER FLIGHT
Stunts
1936
MEN WITH WINGS
Stunt pilot
1938
THUNDER BIRDS
Stunt pilot
1942
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Pilot
1943
JUNGLE FLIGHT
Stunt pilot
1947
HONG KONG
Stunt pilot
1952
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Pilot
1956

PHOTOGRAPHY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
CHANGE OF HEART
Aerial photog
1934
A YANK IN THE R.A.F.
Dir of aerial seq filmed in U.S.
1941
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Aerial photog
1946
IVY
Aerial seq
1947
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
Aerial seq
1965

DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Dir
1956
A GATHERING OF EAGLES
Dir of aerial unit
1963

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
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