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    Edward Dmytryk

    American film director

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  1. 4. 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). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify ...

  2. 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
  3. Edward Dmytryk (born September 4, 1908, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada—died July 1, 1999, Encino, California, U.S.) 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 ...

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  4. 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 ...

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  6. 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. Eventually, juvenile authorities allowed him to live alone at the age of 15 and helped him find part-time work as a film ...

    • September 4, 1908
    • July 1, 1999
  7. Jul 3, 1999 · Dmytryk was born in Canada to Ukrainian emigrés, who moved to Los Angeles, in 1919. Three years later, Eddie fled the abusive household for Chicago, but soon headed back to California, if not to ...

  8. 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). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify to ...

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