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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.
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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.
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Apr 21, 2024 · 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).
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Apr 15, 2015 · A tribute to the British director of classics like "The Third Man" and "Odd Man Out", who was praised by Michael Powell for his watchmaking skills. Explore his filmography and see how he blended expressionism, social realism and humor in his works.
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Carol Reed was a British director and producer who made classic films such as The Third Man, Oliver!, and The Agony and the Ecstasy. Explore his filmography, ratings, reviews, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score Yet59%DirectorNo Score Yet36%Director90%81%Director86%78%Director, ProducerAug 23, 2019 · Though brilliantly directed by Carol Reed, it is very much Greene’s film, pervaded by an awareness of human weakness and moral compromise. On the film’s release in September 1949, 70 years ago,...
Apr 14, 2015 · Apr 14, 2015. O dd Man Out, Carol Reed’s first masterpiece, introduced the theme that would shape all of his best films: a stranger’s groping quest through the labyrinth of a great city.