James B. Clark, Jr. (May 14, 1908 – July 19, 2000) was an American
film director,
film editor, and
television director. His career as a film editor began in 1937, and he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1941 for
How Green Was My Valley. He continued to work as a film editor until 1960, but in 1955 also began a career as a film and television director. He tended to focus on works involving people's relationships with animals. Among the more popular and notable projects he directed were the films
A Dog of Flanders (1959),
The Sad Horse (1959),
Misty (1961),
Flipper (1963),
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964), and
My Side of the Mountain (1969), and episodes of the television series
My Friend Flicka (1955-1956),
Batman (1966-1967), and
Lassie (1969-1971).