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Fred Zinnemann
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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…
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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.
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
As I See It
Movie Self
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1992
The Making of High Noon
Movie Self
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1990
Fred Zinnemann: A Director's Life
Movie Self
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1989
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
TV show Self
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1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie Self
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1985
Sonntagsgespräch
TV show Self
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1985
Hands Up!
Movie Self (1981 footage)
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1982
Five Days One Summer
Movie Director
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1977
Julia
Movie Director
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1974
Spécial cinéma
TV show Self
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1973
The Day of the Jackal
Movie Director
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1966
A Man for All Seasons
Movie Director
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1964
Behold a Pale Horse
Movie Director
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1960
The Sundowners
Movie Director
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1959
The Nun's Story
Movie Director
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1959
The David Susskind Show
TV show Self
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1957
A Hatful of Rain
Movie Director
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1955
Oklahoma!
Movie Director
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Self
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1953
From Here to Eternity
Movie Director
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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1952
The Member of the Wedding
Movie Director
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1952
High Noon
Movie Director
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1952
El encuentro
Movie Producer
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1951
Teresa
Movie Director
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1951
Benjy
Movie Director
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1950
The Men
Movie Director
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1949
Act of Violence
Movie Director
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1948
The Search
Movie Interpreter (uncredited)
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1948
Bambi
TV show Self
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1947
Little Mister Jim
Movie Director
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1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie Director
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1944
The Seventh Cross
Movie Director
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1942
Eyes in the Night
Movie Director
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1942
Kid Glove Killer
Movie Director
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1942
The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie Director
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1942
The Greenie
Movie Co-Director
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1941
Your Last Act
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