David L. Hewitt Biography
David L. Hewitt (1939 - ) is a film director and producer. Among the films he directed are The Wizard of Mars in 1965, Monsters Crash the Pajama Party also in 1965, Journey to the Center of Time in 1967, The Mighty Gorga in 1967 and The Girls from Thunder Strip in 1970. As a teenager he was an illusionist in Dr. Jeckyll's Strange Show, a traveling ghost show. Subsequently, interested in entering the world of cinema, he came into contact with Forrest J. Ackerman and offered him a script for a film. The original script was called Journey into the Unknown. The script was rewritten by Ib Melchior and given a new title of The Time Travelers. His directorial debut was Monsters Crash the Pajama Party. In addition to The Time Travelers, for which he also provided special effects, and his directorial debut, The Monsters Crash the Pajama Party, he would direct numerous films. In 1967, he wrote the screenplay for Dr. Terror's Gallery, starring John Carradine. In 1968 he directed Hells Chosen Few, The Mighty Gorga and The Girls from Thunder Strip. Two of Hewitt's films were retitled Alien Massacre. These films are The Wizard of Mars (1965), renamed Horrors of the Red Planet in 1988, and Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1966). In subsequent years, he served as a visual effects producer for The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Inspector Gadget 2.
