Kirk Douglas
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Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
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His other directorial credits include the Academy Award -winning documentary Design for Death (1947), the gritty noir The Narrow Margin (1952), the true-crime dramas Compulsion (1959), The Boston Strangler (1968) and 10 Rillington Place (1971), the mob action film The Don Is Dead (1973), the swashbuckler The Prince and the Pauper (1977), the 198...
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- 1946–1993
- Dick Fleischer
- March 25, 2006 (aged 88), Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
1974 Winner Grand Prize. Soylent Green. BAFTA Awards. 1960 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Film from any Source. Compulsion. USA. Cannes Film Festival. 1959 Nominee Palme d'Or. Compulsion. Directors Guild of America, USA. 1960 Nominee DGA Award. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. Compulsion. 1959 Nominee DGA Award.
- December 8, 1916
- March 25, 2006
Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars.
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- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mar 21, 2024 · Richard Fleischer (born December 8, 1916, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died March 25, 2006, Los Angeles, California) American filmmaker who directed a number of popular movies, notably the science-fiction classics 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Fantastic Voyage (1966), and Soylent Green (1973).
- Michael Barson
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Richard Fleischer - Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (1947) and more awards. Richard O. Fleischer was an American film director.
Mini Bio. Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars.
Richard Fleischer describes working in the Studio System during Hollywood's Golden Age. Fleischer recounts why he used a handheld camera to shoot train sequences in The Narrow Margin. How Design For Death, his first job at RKO, won him an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
