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Fred Zinnemann (born April 29, 1907, Rzeszów, Austria-Hungary [now in Poland]—died March 14, 1997, London, England) was an Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films are distinguished by realism of atmosphere and characterization and often grounded in crises of conscience.
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Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American [1] film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations.
Fred Zinnemann. Director: A Man for All Seasons. Initially grew up wanting to be a violinist, but while at the University of Vienna decided to study law. While doing so, he became increasingly interested in American film and decided that was what he wanted to do.
- April 29, 1907
- March 14, 1997
Apr 29, 2019 · Zinnemann left Germany in October 1929 and went to Hollywood. There he worked as an assistant director and short film director. He had an appearance as a small actor in the feature film All Quiet on the Western Front, but there was no acting career.
May 11, 2018 · Armed with a letter of introduction from Flaherty, he got a job at the MGM studio. Zinnemann worked his way up the studio hierarchy in the late 1930s, starting out as a film cutter and later being allowed to direct short subjects.
Both of Zinnemann's parents, whom he later described as nostalgic for the days of the Habsburg Monarchy, came back to Poland after Anschluss where later they were murdered by Germans during the Holocaust. Up until their death Zimmerman was exchanging letters with them, all written in Polish.
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Dec 2, 2008 · Born as Alfred Zinnemann. Cameramen and director. Trained as both a violinist and a lawyer, Zinnemann moved to America in 1937 after working on Menschen am Sonntag (1929), in Germany and The Wave...
