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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).
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- September 4, 1908, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
- Canadian (1908-1939), American (1939-1999)
- July 1, 1999 (aged 90), Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
A lifelong political leftist who had been a Communist Party member briefly during World War II, Dmytryk was one of the so-called "Hollywood Ten" who refused to cooperate with HUAC and had their careers disrupted or ruined as a result.
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- Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
- January 1, 1
- Encino, California, USA
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.
- September 4, 1908
- July 1, 1999
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 3, 1999 · To those interested in cinema, as well as social and political history, the name of Edward Dmytryk, who has died aged 90, means two things: a prolific director, responsible for at least one...
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).
