Jules White

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Jules White (born Jules Weiss on 17 September 1900 in Budapest, Hungary, died 30 April 1985 in Van Nuys, California) was a movie director and producer of the silent film era.

Starting as a child actor, White first worked for Pathé Studios during the 1910s. In the early 1920s he went on to became a film editor. He became a director in 1926, specializing in comedies featuring such major silent film stars such as Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, and Charley Chase. In 1933 White was appointed head of Columbia Pictures' short film division, where he directed 136 Three Stooges shorts.