Dirty Harry
1971
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Donald Siegel (/ ˈ s iː ɡ əl / 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]
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.
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.
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...
Don Siegel. Director: Dirty Harry. 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.
Feb 11, 2024 · From Dirty Harry to Hell is for Heroes, these 10 movies perfectly capture the genius of legendary director Don Siegel.
Jul 26, 2004 · Don Siegel’s long career can, in many ways, be seen to exemplify the historically changing role of the director in American cinema, its phases reflecting the industry’s shifting structures. He entered the industry in 1934 as an employee of Warner Bros.
It catapulted Eastwood to superstardom as the quintessential antihero of the 1970s; he played Harry Callahan, a tough San Francisco policeman hunting a serial killer. Some critics decried the violence, but Dirty Harry led to four profitable sequels, though none was directed by Siegel.
Apr 20, 2012 · Siegel was an unpretentious, unprecious director, best known for tough, muscular crime movies, but he never became an auteur favorite, despite his obvious skills and the undeniable strong and...
Apr 27, 2020 · And by 2011, Siegel’s standing had become so secure that, writing in The Village Voice, J. Hoberman could nominate the filmmaker for the title of “greatest genre director” in a brief aside—no more, no less—while writing about a different director entirely.
