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Otto Preminger

Directing

  • Born
  • December 5, 1905
  • Died
  • April 23, 1986
  • Place of birth
  • Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary

Biography

Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian theatre and film director.

After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics 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 Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show poster
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show poster
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Batman poster
Batman
1966
What's My Line? poster
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show poster
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Suspense poster
Suspense
1949
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Film '72
1971
The Ed Sullivan Show poster
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Samedi soir
1971
Cinépanorama poster
Cinépanorama
1956
Small World
1958
Reflets de Cannes poster
Reflets de Cannes
1954
Ain't Misbehavin poster
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine poster
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
Je später der Abend
1973
The Hobbit poster
The Hobbit
1977
Stalag 17 poster
Stalag 17
1953
Treffpunkt New York
1961
Hollywood Preview
1955
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
The Pied Piper poster
The Pied Piper
1942
The Making of A Movie
1965
Where Do We Go from Here? poster
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
They Got Me Covered poster
They Got Me Covered
1943
Rickles poster
Rickles
1975
The Girl on The Roof poster
The Girl on The Roof
1953
Margin for Error poster
Margin for Error
1943
The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger poster
The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger
2022
Die Titelmacher
1976

On the crew 38