death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
los angeles , california 5 july 1969 south bend , indiana 8 july 1893 1917-1956 lambert hillyer
 lambert hillyer film director , screenwriter
lambert hillyer

lambert hillyer -lrb- july 8 , 1893 -- july 5 , 1969 -rrb- was an american film director and screenwriter .
he directed more than 160 films between 1917 and 1949 .
he also wrote 54 films between 1917 and 1948 .
he was born in south bend , indiana and died in los angeles , california .
his mother was film character actress lydia knott .
