D. Ross Lederman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

D. Ross Lederman

American film and television director

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1894

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 24-Aug-1972

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s. Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops series, Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and first made his mark as a second-unit director.
He directed several B-Western serials in the early 1930s, such as Two-Fisted Law and Texas Cyclone both 1932, in which he worked with Tim McCoy and a young John Wayne.
Becoming a full feature director in the late 1930s, Lederman specialized in action films and especially westerns, continuing to produce films with McCoy at Columbia Pictures.