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    Otto Preminger

    American director, producer and actor

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  1. Apr 23, 2024 · Otto Preminger, Austrian-born American director who defied Hollywood censorship with controversial films such as The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder. Particularly adept at thrillers, he also helmed such classics as Laura, Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, and Exodus.

  2. Apr 24, 1986 · Otto Preminger, the producer and director known for such films as ''Laura'' and ''Exodus,'' died of cancer yesterday at his Manhattan home. He was 80 years old. Mr. Preminger's tempestuous...

  3. 3. Advise & Consent (1962) Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, Thriller. 7.7. Rate. The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences. Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon. Votes: 7,512. 4. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Passed | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance. 7.3.

  4. Otto Ludwig Preminger ( / ˈprɛmɪndʒər / PREM-in-jər, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈpreːmɪŋɐ] ⓘ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre.

  5. Jan 7, 2008 · Otto Premingers “Anatomy of a Murder,” from 1959, is still the best courtroom drama ever made in this country, and, in its occasional forays out of the court, among the finest evocations of...

  6. Nov 5, 2013 · By Peter Cowie. Features —. Nov 5, 2013. O tto Preminger, so beloved of Cahiers du cinéma in the late 1950s, has slipped out of the pantheon of American directors in recent decades. The final phase of his career, although prolific, yielded barely a film still discussed by film buffs today. And yet, in his heyday, Preminger embodied all the ...

  7. May 23, 2018 · The bombastic Austrian-born film director and producer Otto Preminger (1906-1986) had a long Hollywood career making movies that defied conventions of the time. Nicknamed "Otto the Terrible" for his legendary tantrums on Hollywood sets, Otto Preminger cajoled countless stars in dozens of films from the 1930s through the 1970s.

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