Budd Boetticher: Budd Boetticher. Director: Bullfighter and the Lady. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The adopted son of a wealthy hardware retailer, Boetticher attended Culver Military Academy and Ohio State University, where he excelled in football and boxing. Following his schooling Boetticher, something of an adventurer, went to Mexico and transformed himself into a formidable professional matador. His school chum, Hal Roach...
Known For: Bullfighter and the Lady (Director), Two Mules for Sister Sara (Writer), Tequila Sunrise (Judge Nizetitch), The Magnificent Matador (Director)