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Fred Zinnemann

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann was an Austrian-born American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He made 25 feature films during his 50-year career. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and thereby creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events. According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of "psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining." Some of his most notable films were The Men (1950), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), A Man For All Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). His films have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24. Zinnemann directed and introduced a number of stars in their U.S. film debuts, including Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Pier Angeli, Julie Harris, Brandon deWilde, Montgomery Clift, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep. He directed 19 actors to Oscar nominations, including Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Zinnemann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 29, 1907 In Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie All Quiet on the Western Front 1930-04-29
Latest Project:
Movie Rat Pack 2022-01-11
Known For
Poster of Hands Up!
Poster of This Is Your Life
Poster of The Search
Poster of All Quiet on the Western Front
Filmography
Movie Rat Pack Self (archive footage) 2022-01-11
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2009-01-01
Movie Filmmakers vs. Tycoons Self (archive footage) 2005-07-17
Movie Hands Up! Self (1981 footage) 1985-01-21
Movie George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Self 1985-03-03
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01
Movie The Search Interpreter (uncredited) 1948-03-26
Movie All Quiet on the Western Front German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited) 1930-04-29