Bernard Louis Kowalski (August 2, 1929 – October 26, 2007) was an American film and television director of

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descent, nominated for two Primetime Emmys.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1956) Season 1, Episode 19 ''The Assassin'' * ''

Hot Car Girl ''Hot Car Girl'' is a 1958 American film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. Seeing ''Hot Car Girl'' in a four-walled playoff in 1958 gave the audience the sense that they were witnessing something clandestine and taboo. It was an early credit for ...

'' (1958) * ''

Night of the Blood Beast ''Night of the Blood Beast'' is a 1958 American science fiction film, science-fiction horror film about a team of scientists who are stalked by an alien creature, which implants its embryos in an astronaut's body during a space flight. Produced b ...

'' (1958) * '' Attack of the Giant Leeches'' (1959) * '' Blood and Steel'' (1959) * ''

Krakatoa, East of Java ''Krakatoa, East of Java'' is a 1968 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. During the 1970s, the film was re-released under the title ''Volcano''. The story is loosely based on events surrounding the 1883 eruption ...

'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1969) * ''

Macho Callahan ''Macho Callahan'' is a 1970 Mexican-American Western film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb and James Booth. The screenplay concerns a Union soldier who is imprisoned in a Confederate prison c ...

'' (1970) * ''

Black Noon ''Black Noon'' is a 1971 American horror film, Horror Western (genre), Western television film. It was written and produced by Andrew J. Fenady and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. The film originally aired on November 5, 1971, as part of CBS's ...

'' (1971) * '' Terror in the Sky'' (TV movie, 1971) * ''

Women in Chains ''Women in Chains'' is a 1972 American television film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski for ABC's ''Movie of the Week''. The leading players are Ida Lupino, Belinda Montgomery, Lois Nettleton and Jessica Walter. Plot Parole officer Sandra Parker ...

'' (TV movie, 1972) * '' The Woman Hunter'' (TV movie, 1972) * ''

Sssssss ''Sssssss'' (released as ''Ssssnake'' in the United Kingdom and Japan) is a 1973 American horror film starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Hal Dresner and Daniel C. ...

'' (1973) * ''

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'' (TV movie, 1978) * ''Marciano'' (TV Movie - 1979) * Four Episodes of ''

Columbo ''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC f ...

'' * Four Episodes of ''

Banacek ''Banacek'' is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating '' NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie'' anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several o ...

'' * Episodes of '' Airwolf'' * Episodes of '' Knight Rider''

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* 1929 births 2007 deaths American television directors People from Brownsville, Texas Film directors from Texas American people of Polish descent {{US-film-director-1920s-stub