Ralph Nelson: Quick Facts

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Born	August 12, 1916 • Long Island • New York
Died	December 21, 1987 (aged 71) • Santa Monica • California
Awards And Honors	Emmy Award (1957)
Notable Works	“A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich” • “Charly” • “Duel at Diablo” • “Father Goose” • “Lilies of the Field” • “Requiem for a Heavyweight” • “Soldier Blue” • “Soldier in the Rain” • “The Wilby Conspiracy”

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Lilies of the Field

Cliff Robertson in Charly

Sidney Poitier holding a brick and leaning against a stack of bricks, with director Ralph Nelson standing beside him in a suit and hat during the filming of Lilies of the Field.

Cliff Robertson, playing Charly, sits on the floor in a hallway with dough covering his head and body in a scene from the 1968 film Charly, directed by Ralph Nelson.

Cliff Robertson and Claire Bloom walk arm in arm by a wooden fence under autumn trees, with a house and tower visible in the background, in a scene from the film Charly (1968).

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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Steven Spielberg

American film 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

Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Mike Nichols

American director

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

American director, producer, and actor

Rob Reiner smiling at an event, wearing a dark jacket, pale pink shirt, and burgundy tie, with a yellow and black background behind him.

Rob Reiner

American actor and director

Black Sunday

John Frankenheimer

American director

Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.

Mel Brooks

American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

Henry Winkler

American actor

Ryan Murphy in a patterned green tuxedo holds an Emmy Award trophy while standing in front of a black backdrop with the word Emmy visible.

Ryan Murphy

American producer, director, and writer

Mike White

Mike White

American screenwriter, producer, and actor

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

American director

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K.

American comedian and writer

Amy Poehler, as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, smiles and points both hands in a playful gesture while standing in an office setting.

Amy Poehler

American comedian and actress

Michael Imperioli poses in a dark suit and black shirt in front of a purple backdrop at the Los Angeles premiere of The White Lotus Season 2.

Michael Imperioli

American actor

Billy Crystal smiling and wearing a dark jacket over a light shirt, photographed against a dark background.

Billy Crystal

American actor, writer, and comedian

The multitalented Donald Glover, 2019

Donald Glover

American writer, actor, and musician

Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black in military costumes holding weapons, walking in single file through tall grass in a scene from the film Tropic Thunder.

Ben Stiller

American actor, writer, and director

Kevin Costner in a light beige suit and white shirt, standing in front of a yellow backdrop at the Yellowstone premiere.

Kevin Costner

American actor and director

Burt Reynolds poses in a dark shirt against a plain background in a 1989 promotional photograph for the television show B.L. Stryker.

Burt Reynolds

American actor