Fred Zinnemann
Born: 1907-04-29 in Rzeszów, Poland
Died: 1997-03-14
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997), born in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, was an 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. Zinnemann 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. Fred Zinnemann died in London, England in 1997. He was 89 years old.
Filmography
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)
1997
- As I See It as Self
1992
- The Making of High Noon as Self
1990
1989
- Elstree: Britain's Hollywood as Self
1985
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
- Hands Up! as Self (1981 footage)
- Sonntagsgespräch as Self
1982
- Five Days One Summer ... (Director)
1977
- Julia ... (Director)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
1973
- The Day of the Jackal ... (Director)
1966
- A Man for All Seasons ... (Producer)
1964
- Behold a Pale Horse ... (Director)
1960
- The Sundowners ... (Director)
1959
- The Nun's Story ... (Director)
- The David Susskind Show as Self
1957
- A Hatful of Rain ... (Director)
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Self
- Oklahoma! ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- From Here to Eternity ... (Director)
1952
- High Noon ... (Director)
- The Member of the Wedding ... (Director)
- El encuentro ... (Producer)
1950
- The Men ... (Director)
1949
- Act of Violence ... (Director)
1948
- Bambi as Self
- The Search as Interpreter (uncredited)
1947
- My Brother Talks to Horses ... (Director)
- Little Mister Jim ... (Director)
1944
- The Seventh Cross ... (Director)
1942
- The Lady or the Tiger? ... (Director)
- Eyes in the Night ... (Director)
- Kid Glove Killer ... (Director)
- The Greenie ... (Co-Director)
1941
- Forbidden Passage ... (Director)
- Your Last Act ... (Director)
1940
- The Old South ... (Director)
- Stuffie ... (Director)
- A Way in the Wilderness ... (Director)
1939
- Forgotten Victory ... (Director)
- One Against the World ... (Director)
- Help Wanted ... (Director)
- Weather Wizards ... (Director)
- While America Sleeps ... (Director)
- The Ash Can Fleet ... (Director)
1938
- That Mothers Might Live ... (Director)
- The Story of Doctor Carver ... (Director)
1937
- Friend Indeed ... (Director)
1936
- Redes ... (Director)
1932
- The Man from Yesterday ... (Assistant Director)
1931
- The Spy ... (Assistant Director)
1930
- All Quiet on the Western Front as German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
- People on Sunday ... (Assistant Camera)
1929
- Explodigger 1010 ... (Camera Intern)
1927
- The March of the Machines ... (Assistant Camera)