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Mary Ellen Canniff

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Mary Ellen Canniff is known for Wedlock (1991), Automan (1983) and V (1984).
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    Known for

    Rutger Hauer in Wedlock (1991)
    Wedlock
    5.9
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 1991
    Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner in Automan (1983)
    Automan
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    V (1984)
    V
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Charles Bronson in Borderline (1980)
    Borderline
    6.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1980

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Molly Orr and Lindsay Wagner in A Message from Holly (1992)
      A Message from Holly
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1992
    • The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990)
      The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1992
    • Dinah Manoff and Nell Carter in Maid for Each Other (1992)
      Maid for Each Other
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1992
    • Bob Newhart in The Entertainers (1991)
      The Entertainers
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1991
    • Rutger Hauer in Wedlock (1991)
      Wedlock
      5.9
      • assistant director: second unit
      • 1991
    • Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991)
      Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1991
    • Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990)
      Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • Columbo: Columbo Goes to College (1990)
      Columbo: Columbo Goes to College
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • The Young Riders (1989)
      The Young Riders
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1989
    • Single Women Married Men (1989)
      Single Women Married Men
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1989
    • Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast (1987)
      Beauty and the Beast
      7.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1987–1988
    • Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page, and David Rasche in Sledge Hammer! (1986)
      Sledge Hammer!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1986–1987
    • Faye Dunaway in Beverly Hills Madam (1986)
      Beverly Hills Madam
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1986
    • V (1984)
      V
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1984–1985
    • Generation (1985)
      Generation
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1985

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      • Mary Ellen Caniff

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