The High Chaparral Writer and Directors

Guide to Writers and Directors

Over the course of four seasons The High Chaparral credited 53 writers and 29 directors with contributions to the show's creative efforts. They include some of the top names in the film industry, especially in the Western genre. Below is an alphabetical listing of the writers and directors, along with the number of episodes for those with multiple credits. More than one writer or director may have received credit for a single episode. Below the full listing you can go to the writers and directors' guides by season to find who was responsible for any particular episode.

The fan letter above, written to Story Editor Tim Kelly, was contributed by the Mitchell family and appeared originally as an advertisement in the August 9, 1968 edition of Variety Magazine.

Writers
George Atkins Don Balluck (8) Leon Benson Ron Bishop John D.F. Black Walter Black (11) William Blinn Don Carpenter Richard Carr (2) Frank Chase (4) Ramona Chase (2) Frances Cockrell Gerry Day (3) Peter Dixon David Dortort (2) Warren Douglas (3) David Duncan Michael Fessier (6)	Pat Fiedler Michael Fisher D.C. Fontana (2) Warren Garfield Milton Gelman (3) Mel Goldberg (2) Ward Hawkins Christopher Helms James L. Henderson (2) Lowell Hjermstad Alan L. Honaker Tim Kelly (5) Laird Koenig Charles Lang William F. Leicester (6) Gene McCarr Bob & Esther Mitchell John Starr Niendorff (2)	Denne Bart Petitclerc (3) Ken Pettus (4) Jon Bennett Reed (2) Don Richardson Richard Sale (3) B. W. Sandefur (2) James Schmerer (3) Alex Sharp (2) Jack Sowards (5) Thomas Thompson (2) Steven Thornley Irve Tunick (2) Gabrielle Upton Al C. Ward Clyde Ware (2) Robert Warren Henry Wills

Directors
Justus Addiss Corey Allen Richard Benedict (4) Leon Benson (11) James B. Clark (2) William F. Claxton (22) Herschel Daugherty (2) Gerry Day Robert Friend John Florea	Robert Gist Harry Harris (6) Ralph Hayes Leonard Horn Don McDougall Arthur Nadel James Neilson James Pevney (8) Phil Rawlins (9) Allen Reisner	Don Richardson (5) Seymour Robbie (2) Richard Sale Ralph Senensky Robert Sparr Paul Stanley Virgil W. Vogel (3) William Wiard (4) William Witney (4)