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Also Known As Sir Carol Reed
Born December 30, 1906 • London • England
Died April 25, 1976 (aged 69) • London • England
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1969)
Notable Works “Night Train to Munich” • “Odd Man Out” • “Oliver!” • “The Stars Look Down” • “The Third Man” • “The True Glory”
Notable Family Members father Sir Herbert Draper Beerbohm Tree
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Saul Bass
American director
Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
David Lean
David Lean
British film director
Tony Richardson stands indoors, leaning with one arm on a surface, wearing a sweater over a collared shirt, looking directly at the camera in this 1977 black-and-white portrait.
Tony Richardson
British director and producer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Fred Zinnemann stands between Marlon Brando, left, in a suit, and Montgomery Clift, right, in a tank top, on the set of From Here to Eternity, with lockers in the background.
Fred Zinnemann
American director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Sam Mendes stands smiling in a dark pinstripe suit and white shirt, wearing a red poppy pin, with hands in his pockets in front of a Skyfall backdrop.
Sam Mendes
English director
Christopher Nolan wearing a black suit and tie, smiling slightly while attending the Oppenheimer United Kingdom premiere in London.
Christopher Nolan
British director
Danny Boyle smiling in front of a blue background, wearing glasses, a green sweater, and a black collared shirt.
Danny Boyle
British filmmaker
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Richard Attenborough
English actor, director, and producer
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
British actor, producer, writer, and director
Emerald Fennell smiling in front of a blue background with string lights, wearing a black top and a gold necklace with a star pendant.
Emerald Fennell
English actress, director, and writer
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
British actor and director
Lindsay Anderson sits backward on a wooden chair, resting his arms on the chair back and looking slightly upward, in a black and white portrait from 1971.
Lindsay Anderson
British critic and director
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
American director and producer
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Michael Moore
American filmmaker and author
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John Grierson
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