Albert Band

Albert Band (May 7, 1924 – June 14, 2002) was an American film director and film producer. He was the son of artist Max Band, father of filmmaker Charles Band and of film composer Richard Band. He is the grandfather of Alex Band and Taryn Band.

Life and career
Band was born in Paris, France, the son of Bertha and Max Band, an artist. His mother was born in Russia and his father was from Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania. He escaped from Paris to the United States with his family prior to the German military administration in occupied France during World War II. He graduated from Hollywood High School.

Interested in film, he became an apprentice at Warner Bros. where he developed contacts eventually becoming an assistant director on John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, then adapting the story The Red Badge of Courage for Huston's film of the same name.

He made his debut as a producer and director in The Young Guns combining the two then popular genres of Westerns and Juvenile Delinquent films. In the late 1950s he moved to Europe producing a variety of films beginning in Sweden with Face of Fire based on another of Stephen Crane's stories, The Monster.

Producer

 * The Young Guns (1956) (producer) (uncredited)
 * I Bury the Living (1958) (producer)
 * Face of Fire (1959) (producer)
 * La leggenda di Enea (1962) (producer)
 * Duello nel Texas (1963) (producer)
 * Massacro al Grande Canyon (1964) (producer)
 * Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965) (TV) (producer)
 * Gli uomini dal passo pesante (1965) (producer)
 * I crudeli (1967) (producer)
 * Un minuto per pregare, un instante per morire (1968) (producer)
 * Little Cigars (1973) (producer)
 * Mansion of the Doomed (1976) (supervising executive producer)
 * Cinderella (1977) (producer)
 * Dracula's Dog (1978) (producer)
 * She Came to the Valley (1979) (producer)
 * Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) (executive producer)
 * Troll (1986) (producer)
 * TerrorVision (1986) (producer)
 * Ghost Warrior (1986) (executive producer)
 * Ghoulies II (1987) (producer)
 * Robot Jox (1990) (producer)
 * The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) (V) (producer)
 * Joey Takes a Cab (1991) (producer)
 * Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) (executive producer)
 * Doctor Mordrid (1992) (producer)
 * Trancers III (1992) (V) (producer)
 * Remote (1993) (V) (producer)
 * Oblivion (1994) (co-producer)
 * Dragonworld (1994) (producer)
 * Pet Shop (1995) (producer)
 * Castle Freak (1995) (executive producer)
 * Magic Island (1995) (V) (producer)
 * Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996) (co-producer)
 * Zarkorr! The Invader (1996) (executive producer)

Director

 * The Young Guns (1956)
 * I Bury the Living (1958)
 * Face of Fire (1959)
 * Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965) (TV)
 * Gli uomini dal passo pesante (1965)
 * Dracula's Dog (1978)
 * She Came to the Valley (1979)
 * Ghoulies II (1987)
 * Joey Takes a Cab (1991)
 * Doctor Mordrid (1992)
 * Robot Wars (1993)
 * Prehysteria! (1993)
 * Prehysteria! 2 (1994) (V)

Actor

 * Specter of the Rose (1946) (uncredited) .... Man
 * The Red Badge of Courage (1951) (uncredited) .... Union Soldier Fording River
 * End of the World (1977) .... Awards Party Guest
 * Tourist Trap (1979) (uncredited) .... Waxwork Grandfather
 * Troll (1986) .... Older couple on TV
 * Trancers II (1991) .... Chili Man

Writer

 * The Red Badge of Courage (1951) (adaptation)
 * Footsteps in the Night (1957) (screenplay) (story)
 * Face of Fire (1959)
 * La leggenda di Enea (1962) (adaptation)
 * Duello nel Texas (1963) (screenplay)
 * Massacro al Grande Canyon (1964)
 * Gli uomini dal passo pesante (1965) (as Alfredo Antonini)
 * I crudeli (1967) (story)
 * Un minuto per pregare, un instante per morire (1968)
 * Auditions (1978)
 * She Came to the Valley (1979)

Other

 * From Beyond (Production Manager)