Fred Walton (filmmaker)

Fred Walton (born 1949) is an American film director and screenwriter. Among his films are When a Stranger Calls, April Fool's Day, The Rosary Murders, I Saw What You Did, When a Stranger Calls Back and The Stepford Husbands.^[2]

Born around 1950, Walton was raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland.^[1] He graduated from Denison University, where he majored in theater.^[1] As of 2016, Walton resided in Portland, Oregon, where he has lived since the 1990s.^[3]

Filmography

Short film


Title	Year	Director	Writer
1977	The Sitter	Yes	Yes

Feature film


Title	Year	Director	Writer
1979	When a Stranger Calls	Yes	Yes
1983	Hadley's Rebellion	Yes	Yes
1986	April Fool's Day	Yes	No
1987	The Rosary Murders	Yes	Yes

TV series


Title	Year	Director	Writer	Notes
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Yes	Yes	Segment "An Unlocked Window"
1986	Miami Vice	Yes	No	Episode "Streetwise"

TV movies


Title	Year	Director	Writer
1988	I Saw What You Did	Yes	No
1989	Trapped	Yes	Yes
1990	Murder in Paradise	Yes	No
1992	The Price She Paid	Yes	No
1992	Homewrecker	Yes	Yes
1993	When a Stranger Calls Back	Yes	Yes
1994	Dead Air	Yes	No
1995	The Courtyard	Yes	No
1996	The Stepford Husbands	Yes	No

^ ^a ^b ^c "Young Director Given $1.7 Million 'Debut'". Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. December 12, 1978. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fred Walton". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29.
^ Gordon, Lukas (April 20, 2016). "The Horror of Being a Hollywood Film Director". The Pigeon Press. Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.