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Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for Crossfire (1947).
Edward Dmytryk. Director: The Caine Mutiny. Edward Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. After his mother died when he was 6, his strict disciplinarian father beat the boy frequently, and the child began running away while in his early teens.
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- July 1, 1999
Edward Dmytryk was an American motion-picture director whose notable films include Murder, My Sweet (1944), Crossfire (1947), The Caine Mutiny (1954), and The Young Lions (1958). He was one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film-industry individuals blacklisted for their alleged communist.
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Edward Dmytryk. Director: The Caine Mutiny. Edward Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. After his mother died when he was 6, his strict disciplinarian father beat the boy frequently, and the child began running away while in his early teens.
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- Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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- Encino, California, USA
Aug 29, 2011 · Edward Dmytryk won critical praise and was nominated for an Oscar for Crossfire (1947), Hollywood's first serious attempt to deal with the subject of racial discrimination, starring Robert Young and Robert Mitchum. That year he was brought before the US House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and found guilty of communist affiliations.
Jul 3, 1999 · Edward Dmytryk, the versatile director whose best films were taut, realistic and at times explosive and who, as one of the ''Hollywood 10,'' was jailed for refusing to tell a Congressional...
Jul 1, 1999 · Biography. Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.
