Fielder Cook

1923–2003 · American film and television director

Fielder Cook was an American television and film director, producer, and writer, whose 1971 television film, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, spawned the series The Waltons.

Fielder Cook, in order

1947 Kraft Television Theatre (TV series): directed
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series): directed
1955 The Emperor Jones: directed
1956 Patterns: directed · critics 89%, audiences 83% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
1959 Home Is the Hero: directed
1959 The Philadelphia Story: directed
1960 Diagnosis: Unknown (TV series): directed · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free), Tubi
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series): directed
1961–64 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series): directed
1962 Going My Way (TV series): directed
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady: directed, produced · audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max
1966 Brigadoon: directed
1968 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life: directed · audiences 45%
1968 Prudence and the Pill: directed
1971 Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (TV movie): directed
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story: directed · audiences 88%
1972 Eagle in a Cage: directed · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
1972 The Hands of Cormac Joyce (TV movie): directed
1973 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: directed · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free), Prime Video (free)
1973 Miracle on 34th Street (TV movie): directed · streaming on Hoopla
1975 Beacon Hill (TV series): directed
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie): directed
1976 Beauty and the Beast (TV movie): directed
1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV movie): directed
1979 Too Far to Go: directed
1980 Gauguin the Savage (TV movie): directed
1981 Family Reunion (TV movie): directed
1984 Why Me?: directed
1985 Evergreen: directed
1986 American Masters (TV series): acted · directed by Charles Atlas and Christian Blackwood
1986 Seize the Day: directed · audiences 49% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
1997 The Member of the Wedding (TV movie): directed