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Donald Siegel ( / ˈsiːɡəl / SEE-gəl; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film and television director and producer. Siegel was described by The New York Times as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic loners". [1] He directed the science-fiction ...
- Film and television director and producer
- October 26, 1912, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- 1939−1984
- 5, including Kristoffer Tabori
Don Siegel. Director: Escape from Alcatraz. Don Siegel was educated at Cambridge University, England. In Hollywood from the mid-'30s, he began his career as an editor and second unit director. In 1945 he directed two shorts (Hitler Lives (1945) and Star in the Night (1945)) which both won Academy Awards. His first feature as a director was 1946 ...
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Apr 16, 2024 · Don Siegel (born October 26, 1912, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died April 20, 1991, Nipomo, California) was an American motion-picture director who specialized in action-packed films with tightly constructed narratives. He frequently worked with actor Clint Eastwood, and their collaborations include the classics Coogan’s Bluff (1968) and Dirty ...
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Don Siegel. Director: Escape from Alcatraz. Don Siegel was educated at Cambridge University, England. In Hollywood from the mid-'30s, he began his career as an editor and second unit director. In 1945 he directed two shorts (Hitler Lives (1945) and Star in the Night (1945)) which both won Academy Awards. His first feature as a director was 1946's The Verdict (1946). He made his reputation in ...
- October 26, 1912
- April 20, 1991
Feb 11, 2024 · Don Siegel, active between the 1940s and early '80s, was a versatile, hard-hitting director known for his tough, bleak narratives, often involving cynical loners with their own moral codes.
- The Lineup (1958) The Lineup is not the only film of Siegel’s where his love for San Francisco is just seeping through the screen. In 1958, Siegel did the same as what Hitchcock did in Vertigo where he uses San Francisco as more than just a setting.
- The Killers (1964) Siegel outlines one of the themes that he will repeatedly come back to for the rest of his career in The Killers. There are no good guys, just bad guys and worse guys.
- The Big Steal (1949) Siegel dabbles into tropes of film noir in every single one of his 60s’ and 70s’ crime films, but The Big Steal is his best full blown noir.
- The Beguiled (1971) What a strange film this one is, but strange fits the film. The first Siegel/Eastwood collaboration to appear on this list, The Beguiled tells the story of a wounded Union soldier (played by Eastwood) who is sheltered by an all girls boarding school in Mississippi.
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Apr 24, 1991 · Don Siegel, a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic loners, died on Saturday at his home in Nipomo, Calif. He was 78 years old.
