Lee Madden

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} '''Lee Madden''' (born Leon Blank, March 6, 1927 – April 9, 2009)<ref name="obit" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/93349304-lee-madden|title=Lee Madden|accessdate=July 10, 2020}}</ref> was an American film and television director.

He is known for directing the biker film, ''Hell's Angels '69'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B01E0DD113AEF3BBC4952DFBF668382679EDE|title=Movie Review: 'Hell's Angels' 69'|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> starring the original Oakland Hell's Angels. His other films include another biker film, ''Angel Unchained'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Angel Unchained|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065401/|website=www.imdb.com |accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> ''The Night God Screamed'',<ref>{{Citation|title=The Night God Screamed|date=1971|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067488/|website=www.imdb.com |accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> ''Ghost Fever''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-16-ca-5303-story.html|title=Movie Reviews: 'Ghost Fever' Could Use An Exorcist|last=Klandy|first=Leonard|date=September 16, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 13, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> (credited as Alan Smithee), and ''The Manhandlers''. He also directed episodes of ''The Most Deadly Game'', ''Bearcats!'', ''Cade's County'' and ''The New Perry Mason''.<ref name="obit" />

He was born in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="obit" />

His company, Lee Madden Associates, created many industrial films and television commercials for mostly automobile companies,<ref name="obit" /> including the 1967 film, ''1999 AD''.<ref name="a221">{{cite web | title=Too Computerised? Too Cold?: *1999 A.D.* (1967) | website=The Public Domain Review | date=November 20, 2025 | url=https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/1999-ad/ | access-date=February 7, 2026}}</ref>

He died from complications of pneumonia on April 9, 2009, in Camarillo, California.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|title="Hell's Angels '69" director Lee Madden dies at 82|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-madden/hells-angels-69-director-lee-madden-dies-at-82-idUSTRE53E19S20090415|website=Reuters|accessdate=October 13, 2017|date=April 15, 2009}}</ref> He was married to Geraldine Gunn until his death. She died about a year later. His son, David Madden, is President of Berlanti Productions.

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