Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director.
[1] Born as Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor.
In 1914, he appeared in two features: D.W. Griffith's drama The Escape and the comedy short Admission – Two Pins, under his birth name.
Since 1943, he began to alternate his movie work with directing television series,[2] including two episodes of Adventures of Superman and the campy Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.
Actor Jim McKrell played a TV news reporter named Lew Landers in two films directed by Joe Dante: The Howling (1981) and Gremlins (1984).