| Fred Zinnemann | |
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| Born | April 29, 1907 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | March 14, 1997 (aged 89) London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Renee Bartlett (1936-1997) |
Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907–March 14, 1997) was an Academy Award-winning Austrian-American film director. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He won four Academy Awards and directed classic movies like From Here to Eternity, High Noon and A Man for All Seasons. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. High Noon is a 1952 Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More.
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Life
Zinnemann was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, and died of a heart attack in London, England. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland While growing up in Austria, he wanted to become a musician, but went on to study law. While studying at the University of Vienna, he became drawn to films and eventually became a cameraman. The University of Vienna (Universität Wien is a Public university located in Vienna, Austria. He worked in Germany with several other beginners (Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday) before coming to America to study film. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Robert Siodmak ( August 8, 1900 - March 10, 1973) was a German born American Film director. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. People on Sunday ( Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1929 German Silent movie, directed by Curt, Robert Siodmak,
One of his first assignments in Hollywood was when he found work as an extra in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), although he was fired from the production for talking back to the director, Lewis Milestone. An extra is a Performer in a Film, Television show, stage musical opera or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking nonsinging or nondancing capacity Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) ( September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an Academy Award -winning motion picture After some success with short films, he graduated to features in 1942, turning out two crisp B mysteries, Eyes in the Night and Kid Glove Killer before getting his big break with The Seventh Cross (1944), a top-notch A picture starring Spencer Tracy, and his first hit. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Seventh Cross is a 1944 film starring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and
He directed many different film genres including thrillers, westerns, film noir, and play adaptations. The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Nineteen actors appearing in Zinnemann's films received Academy Award nominations for their performances: among that number are Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Glynis Johns (born 5 October, 1923) is a British stage and film actress, Dancer, Pianist and Singer (notably David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE ( 21 January 1922 &ndash 19 March 2008) was an English award-winning actor of stage Robert Archibald Shaw ( 9 August, 1927 &ndash 28 August, 1978) was an English stage and Film Actor Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE ( 15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was a distinguished English Film and stage Jason Nelson Robards Jr, ( July 26, 1922 &ndash December 26, 2000) was an American Actor. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, Jane Fonda (born December 21 1937 is an American Academy Award winning Actress, Writer, political activist, former Fashion Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award -winning Austrian Actor. Zinnemann's 1950 film The Men is noted for giving Marlon Brando his first screen role. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century
Zinnemann enjoyed an outstanding career spanning six decades, during which he directed 22 features, 19 short subjects and won four Oscars. Perhaps his best-known work is High Noon (1952), one of the first 25 American film classics chosen in 1989 for the National Film Registry. High Noon is a 1952 Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of With its psychological and moral examinations of its lawman hero, played by Gary Cooper, its allegorical political commentary (on McCarthy-era witch-hunting) and its innovative chronology whereby screen time approximated the tense 80-minute countdown to the confrontational hour, High Noon shattered the mould of the formulaic shoot-‘em-up western. "Witch trial" redirects here For the song by Rush, see Fear series.
The director's other eminent films, all compelling dramas of lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events, include From Here to Eternity (1953); The Nun's Story (1959); A Man For All Seasons (1966); and Julia (1977). From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nun's Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Julia is a 1977 Film Drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman 's book Pentimento Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Regarded as a consummate craftsman, Zinnemann traditionally endowed his work with meticulous attention to detail, an intuitive gift for brilliant casting and a preoccupation with the moral dilemmas of his characters.
Zinnemann's penchant for realism and authenticity is evident in his first feature The Wave (1935), shot on location in Mexico with mostly non-professional actors recruited among the locals, which is one of the earliest examples of realism in narrative film. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Earlier in the decade, in fact, Zinnemann had worked with documentarian Robert Flaherty, an association he considered "the most important event of my professional life". Robert Joseph Flaherty (16 February 1884 Iron Mountain Michigan - 23 July 1951 Dummerston Vermont) was an American Filmmaker who directed and produced
His adaptation of The Seventh Cross, though filmed entirely on the MGM backlot, captured the essence of the Anna Seghers novel by realistic use of refugee German actors in even the smallest roles. The Seventh Cross is a 1944 film starring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a Movie studio with space to build or with permanent exterior sets for outdoor scenes in motion picture and/or Anna Seghers ( November 19, 1900, Mainz – June 1, 1983, Berlin) was a German Writer famous for depicting
The filmmaker also used authentic locales and extras in The Search (1948), which won an Oscar for screenwriting and secured his position in the Hollywood establishment, a vivid drama of World War II aftermath in Berlin that drew on Zinnemann's skills as both documentarian and dramatist. In Computing, locale is a set of Parameters that defines the user's language country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their User The Search is a 1948 film directed by Fred Zinnemann which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Shot in war-ravaged Germany, the film stars Montgomery Clift in his screen debut as a GI who cares for a lost Czech boy traumatised by the war. Edward Montgomery Clift ( October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor In the critically acclaimed The Men (1950), starring newcomer Marlon Brando as a paraplegic war veteran, Zinnemann filmed many scenes in a California hospital where real patients served as extras. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities
Besides Clift and Brando, other Zinnemann discoveries included Pier Angeli and John Ericson, who co-starred in Teresa (1951), with Rod Steiger and Ralph Meeker debuting in secondary roles. Pier Angeli ( June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971) was an Italian -born actress. This article is about John Ericsson the Swedish-American inventor Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Rod Steiger ( April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American Academy Award -winning Actor known for his Ralph Meeker ( November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) was a film actor who appeared as Mike Hammer in And in Oklahoma! (1955), Zinnemann's version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the wide screen format Todd-AO made its debut, as did the film's young star Shirley Jones. The 1943 musical play Oklahoma!, written by Composer Richard Rodgers and Lyricist / Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Rogers is a surname originally German and suggesting prowess with a spear and is modified with the letter d as a Welsh addition Hammerstein is a municipality on the Rhine River in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Todd-AO is an extremely high definition Widescreen Film format developed in the mid 1950s Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is a American Singer and character actress of Stage, Film and
Zinnemann's casting choices were often as daring as they were judicious. For his screen adaptation of the play The Member of the Wedding (1952), Zinnemann chose the 26-year-old Julie Harris as the film's 12-year-old protagonist, although she had created the role on Broadway just as the two other leading actors, Ethel Waters and Brandon De Wilde, had. The Member of the Wedding is a 1946 Novel by Southern writer Carson McCullers. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the American actress For the Academy Award-winning costume designer see Julie Harris Julie Harris (born December The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Ethel Waters ( October 31, 1896 &ndash September 1, 1977) was an American Blues and Jazz Vocalist Andre Brandon De Wilde ( April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an Academy Award -nominated American Actor born into In From Here to Eternity (1953), he cast Frank Sinatra, who was at the lowest point of his popularity. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor As the likable loser Maggio, Sinatra won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. From Here to Eternity also featured Deborah Kerr, best known for prim and proper roles, as a philandering Army wife. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, CBE (30 September 1921 &ndash 16 October 2007 was a Scottish stage television and film actress And Audrey Hepburn, previously cast in delightful comedic roles, gave the performance of her career as the anguished Sister Luke in the highly acclaimed The Nun's Story. Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress
Throughout his career Zinnemann favoured a protagonist morally impelled to act heroically in defence of his or her beliefs. Hepburn in The Nun's Story and Cooper in High Noon, determined to confront savage outlaws hungry for revenge, are two other prominent examples. Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons (1966) gave a brilliant portrayal of a man driven by conscience to his ultimate fate. David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE ( 21 January 1922 &ndash 19 March 2008) was an English award-winning actor of stage Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained
A variation on that theme is found in The Seventh Cross, in which the central character -- an escaped prisoner played by Spencer Tracy -- is comparatively passive and fatalistic. Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and He is, however, the subject of heroic assistance from anti-Nazi Germans. In a sense, the protagonist of the movie is not the Tracy character but a humble German worker played by Hume Cronyn, who changes from Nazi sympathizer to active opponent of the regime as he aids Tracy. Hume Blake Cronyn, OC ( July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian - American Actor of
And in Julia (1977), another of Zinnemann's crowning achievements, Vanessa Redgrave is a doomed American heiress who forsakes the safety and comfort of great wealth to devote her life to the anti-Nazi cause in Germany. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, "Heir" and "Heiress" redirect here For the men and women fragrances endorsed by Paris Hilton see Heiress (fragrance. Anti-fascism is the opposition to fascist ideologies organizations governments and people Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. (The film is also notable for being the screen debut of Meryl Streep. Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, ) Perhaps the most unusual and perversely engaging loner in Zinnemann's films is Edward Fox as the cold-blooded anti-hero assassin in the taut thriller The Day of the Jackal (1973), a man who is impelled by sheer professionalism rather than politics to try to kill French president Charles DeGaulle. Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage film and television Actor. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 film set in late 1963 based on a novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French
He won the Academy Award for Directing for From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons and also took home the Best Picture Oscar for producing the latter film. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. He received his first Oscar in 1951 for the documentary short Benjy. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema.
His final film was Five Days One Summer in 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
Selected filmography
- That Mothers Might Live (1938)
- The Search (1948)
- Act of Violence (1948)
- The Men (1950)
- Benjy (1951)
- High Noon (1952)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Oklahoma! (1956)
- The Nun's Story (1959)
- The Sundowners (1960)
- Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
- A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- The Day of the Jackal (1973)
- Julia (1977)
- Five Days One Summer (1982)
"You First"
Zinnemann is often regarded as striking a blow against "ageism" in Hollywood. That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 short Drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Search is a 1948 film directed by Fred Zinnemann which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Act of Violence is a 1948 Film noir directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted for the screen by Robert L Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjy is a 1951 short Documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January High Noon is a 1952 Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. From Here to Eternity is a 1953 Drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1943 musical play Oklahoma!, written by Composer Richard Rodgers and Lyricist / Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nun's Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sundowners is a 1960 film that tells the story of an Australian Outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Behold a Pale Horse is a 1964 film directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on the novel Killing a Mouse on Sunday by Emeric Pressburger, which itself Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 film set in late 1963 based on a novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Julia is a 1977 Film Drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman 's book Pentimento Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Ageism is Stereotyping and Prejudice against individuals or groups because of their age The story (which may be apocryphal) goes that, in the 1980s, during a meeting with a young Hollywood executive, Zinnemann was surprised to find the executive didn't know who he was, despite winning two Academy Awards, and directing many of Hollywood's biggest movies. When the young executive callowly asked Zinnemann to list what he had done in his career, Zinnemann delivered an elegant comeback by reportedly answering, "Sure. You first. " In Hollywood, the story is known as "You First," and is often alluded to when veteran creators find that upstarts are unfamiliar with their work. [1]
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| Preceded by John Ford for The Quiet Man |
Academy Award for Best Director 1953 for From Here to Eternity |
Succeeded by Elia Kazan for On the Waterfront |
| Preceded by Robert Wise for The Sound of Music |
Academy Award for Best Director 1966 for A Man for All Seasons |
Succeeded by Mike Nichols for The Graduate |
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| NAME | Zinnemann, Fred |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1997-3-14 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London, England |
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