RIP Elliot Silverstein

 Brezniak Funeral Directors

November 25, 2023

 

Elliot Silverstein -Of Los Angeles, CA, formerly of Boston, passed on November 24, 2023.in Los Angeles at age 96. Elliot was a long time Film and Television director.

He directed Lee Marvin and Jane Fonda in the 1965 comedy western "Cat Ballou "in which Lee Marvin won an Academy Award. He also directed" The Happening "in 1967 and the Richard Harris Film "A Man Called Horse". He also directed the cult hit "The Car' starring Jon Rubenstein.

Elliot directed many of the epic programs in the beginning of Television, Omnibus, episodes of the 1960 Iconic hit" Route 66 "starring George Maharis and Martin Milner. The show ran for four years on CBS. Among other Television shows he directed were episodes of "The Twilight Zone", The Defenders, "Tales from the Crypt". "Have Gun Will Travel", Dr. Kildare, Naked City.

He directed Arthur Miller's Play "The Crucible" at Washington's Arena Stage.

He received The Directors Honorary Life Member Award Guild Award, DGA Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award, and The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing -Feature Film. After his retirement he taught film at USC.

He is survived by his brother Jason Silverstein.

Private graveside service will be held in Boston.

SILVERSTEIN, Elliot (Elliot Hersh Silverstein)

Born: 8/3/1927, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Died: 11/24/2023, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

Elliot Silverstein’s westerns – director:

Black Saddle (TV) - 1960

The Westerner (TV) - 1960

Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – 1961

Cat Ballou - 1965

A Man Called Horse – 1970