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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
Edward Dmytryk was a Hollywood director and editor who faced the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s. He later became a professor and author of film theory and production.
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- Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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- 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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Learn about the life and career of Edward Dmytryk, a director who was blacklisted by HUAC and a member of the Hollywood Ten. Find out his family background, filmography, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- 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...
Aug 29, 2011 · Edward Dmytryk, director, editor (b at Grand Forks, BC 4 Sep 1908; d at Encino, Ca 1 Jul 1999). Edward Dmytryk was the son of poor Ukrainian immigrants. The family moved across the BC border to Northport, Washington, and after Dmytryk's mother died, to San Francisco and eventually Los Angeles.