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Otto Preminger

Otto Ludwig Preminger (/ˈprɛmɪndʒər/ PREM-in-jər,[1] German: [ˈɔtoː ˈpreːmɪŋɐ] ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986)[2] was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945), while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with themes which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959) and homosexuality (Advise & Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He also had several acting roles.

Otto Preminger

Otto Ludwig Preminger

(1905-12-05)5 December 1905
Wischnitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary

23 April 1986(1986-04-23) (aged 80)

New York City, U.S.

University of Vienna

  • Film director
  • producer
  • actor
  • theatre director

1924–1979

  • Marion Mill
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    (m. 1932; div. 1949)​
  • Mary Gardner
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    (m. 1951; div. 1960)​
  • Hope Bryce
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    (m. 1971)​

3, including Erik

Awards[edit]

Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. As the producer of the film, he received the nomination. He was twice nominated for Best Director: for Laura and for The Cardinal. He won the Bronze Berlin Bear award for the film Carmen Jones at the 5th Berlin International Film Festival.[25]

(14 January 2008). "Balance Of Terror: How Otto Preminger made his movies". The New Yorker. New York, NY: Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

Denby, David

(6 November 2008). "The Deceptive Director". The New York Review of Books. New York, NY. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

Rich, Nathaniel

Bernhard Valentinitsch, Graham Greenes Roman 'The Human Factor'(1978) und Otto Premingers gleichnamige Verfilmung (1979).In:JIPSS(=Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies), p. 34-56.

Journals


Books

at IMDb

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at the Internet Broadway Database

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Cinema Retro: Keir Dullea Recalls Starring in Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing

virtual-history.com; accessed 1 February 2017

Literature on Otto Preminger

interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, 8 February 1980

Otto Preminger

(in German) from the archive of the Österreichische Mediathek

Otto Preminger