Francis Ford Coppola is the writer-director of “Tetro,” which is being released June 11, 2009 by American Zoetrope.
Oscar Directors: Friedkin, William–Brilliant Beginning (French Connection), Quick Decline
February 12, 2015 by
American director William Friedkin will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 70th Venice International Film Festival (28 August-7 September 2013).
Oscar Directors: Cukor, George–Master of Elegance
February 12, 2015 by
Bravo: Film Society of Lincoln Center is running a complete retrospective of the work of George Cukor, one of the most versatile and gifted, but still underestimated, director in Hollywood history.
Oscar Directors: Richardson, Tony–Background, Career, Awards
February 12, 2015 by
Updated June 10, 2020 Tony Richardson Career Summary: Occup. Inheritance: No Social Class: upper-middle; father, chemist Nationality: UK Orientation: Bi-sexual (never came out) Education: Oxford Training: Theater Director TV Debut: 1954; age 26 Film Debut (solo): Look Back in Anger, 1959, age 32 Oscar Award: Tom Jones, 1963; age 35 Other Awards: NYFCC Last Film: […]
Oscar Directors: Zinnemann, Fred–Academy Favorite Director
February 12, 2015 by
I will not trade one shot of Orson Welles for the entire oeuvre of Fred Zinnemann.
Andrew Sarris
Fred Zinnemann's centennial is next week (he was born in Vienna April 29, 2007), but I will not be surprised if the centennary goes completely unremarked (and unnoticed) by critics and cineastes. It's hard to think of another director who had fallen so quickly from grace as Zinnemann, despite promising and even brilliant beginnings.
