The Third Man
1949
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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director. Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
Carol Reed. Director: The Third Man. Carol Reed was the second son of stage actor, dramatics teacher and impresario founder of the Royal School of Dramatic Art Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Reed was one of Tree's six illegitimate children with Beatrice Mae Pinney, who Tree established in a second household apart from his married life.
Carol Reed, British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre. He was the first British film director to be knighted. Among his best-known films are Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968).
Apr 15, 2015 · A hunted man is pursued through the darkening streets of a crumbling, divided city by police, friends, co-conspirators, enemies and his blindly faithful lover — yes, there are many ways in which...
Oct 21, 2009 · Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the first of a two-part feature…. Following in the footsteps of his father Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree, who founded...
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!.
Carol Reed. Highest Rated: 100% The Fallen Idol (1948) Lowest Rated: 60% Kipps (1941) Birthday: Dec 30, 1906. Birthplace: Putney, London, England, UK. Reed began his film career in 1927 as an...
Aug 23, 2019 · Carol Reed’s brilliant interpretation of Graham Greene’s cold war thriller remains politically relevant Joseph Cotten in front of the iconic ferris wheel in Vienna, in a still from ‘The ...
Sep 23, 1994 · Published on September 23, 1994. British film director Reed is so unfamiliar to Americans that we don’t know Carol is a masculine name. Yet Sir Carol (knighted by Queen Elizabeth) won two...
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Mar 21, 2003 · Born December 30, 1906 in London, British director Sir Carol Reed was the second son of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress May Pinney. Following a public school education, Reed made his theatrical debut in 1924.
