Alfred Zinnemann
| Sign | Taurus |
| Born | Apr 29, 1907 Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) |
| Died | Mar 14, 1997 London, England |
| Age | Died at 89 |
Fred Zinnemann | |
| Job | Director, Producer, Actor |
| Top Roles | Interpreter, Man |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, War, Crime, Short Films |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Based on Play, Post War |
| Top Collaborators | Rosalie Crutchley, Robert Blake, Montgomery Clift, Steven Geray |
| Shares birthday with | Celeste Holm, Richard Carlson, Tom Ewell see more.. |
Fred Zinnemann Overview:
Legendary director, Fred Zinnemann, was born Alfred Zinnemann on Apr 29, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Zinnemann died at the age of 89 on Mar 14, 1997 in London, England .
MINI BIO:
Zinnemann studied both music and law before dropping each in turn, and at the age of 21, he became an assistant cameraman for U.F.A. Studios in Berlin. The following year, he emigrated to Hollywood where he endured some hard times before making the necessary contacts to land him a job as an assistant cutter and, by 1931, as an assistant director.
MGM provided Zinnemann with his first commercial directing experience -- at first on several of their 'Crime Does Not Pay' two-reelers, and then on 'B' features. Some of Zinnemann's best directing at this time featured clever cutting and intelligent camera angles that increased tension. Zinnemann was gradually becoming a director of importance with an Oscar nomination for High Noon, an Oscar win for From Here to Eternity, his great musical Oklahoma, and his box-office hit, A Nun's Story starring Audrey Hepburn.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Directors).AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
Zinnemann's autobiography Fred Zinnemann: An Autobiography: A Life in the Movies
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Fred Zinnemann was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two for Best Director for From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons in 1953 and 1966 respectively.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1948 | Best Director | The Search (1948) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1952 | Best Director | High Noon (1952) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Director | From Here to Eternity (1953) | N/A | Won |
| 1959 | Best Director | The Nun's Story (1959) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Director | The Sundowners (1960) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Director | A Man for All Seasons (1966) | N/A | Won |
| 1977 | Best Director | Julia (1977) | N/A | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
A Man for All Seasons (1966, )
on Dec 27, 2019 From The Stop ButtonWhat?s so incredible about A Man for All Seasons is how big director Zinnemann makes it while keeping it small while keeping it big. The settings are big?palaces, estates, and so on?but Zinnemann keeps the set pieces small. He and cinematographer Ted Moore will do big establishing shots, but only af... Read full article
High Noon (1952, )
By Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 11, 2018 From The Stop ButtonHigh Noon is a film all about courage and cowardice, so it?s appropriate the film starts with the most courageous thing it?s ever going to do and it does a few. It commits to its theme song. Not a piece of music from Dimitri Tiomkin, but a country song (written by Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington, ... Read full article
Redes, 1936, Emilio G?mez Muriel &
By Aaron West on May 24, 2015 From Criterion BluesMay 24 Posted by aaronwest Sergei Eisenstein famously visited Mexico in 1930 to attempt a film project, ?Que viva M?xico! which fell through for a number of reasons. Despite his failure, he left an indelible mark on the film industry. Initiated by a strong left wing state, the film Redes was produc... Read full article
Redes, 1936, Emilio G?mez Muriel &
By Aaron West on May 24, 2015 From Criterion BluesMay 24 Posted by aaronwest Sergei Eisenstein famously visited Mexico in 1930 to attempt a film project, ?Que viva M?xico! which fell through for a number of reasons. Despite his failure, he left an indelible mark on the film industry. Initiated by a strong left wing state, the film Redes was produc... Read full article
Redes, 1936, Emilio G?mez Muriel &
By Aaron West on May 24, 2015 From Criterion BluesMay 24 Posted by aaronwest Sergei Eisenstein famously visited Mexico in 1930 to attempt a film project, ?Que viva M?xico! which fell through for a number of reasons. Despite his failure, he left an indelible mark on the film industry. Initiated by a strong left wing state, the film Redes was produc... Read full article
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