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- While Preminger never received an Oscar (he was thrice nominated for Golden Globes, once for the now-defunct Promoting International Understanding award for The Cardinal), twenty-two years after he died of lung cancer in 1986, his career as a director was celebrated with the publication of two biographies – Foster Hirsch’s “Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King” and Chris Fujiwara’s “The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger.”
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His two films of the early 1960s were Advise & Consent (1962), a political drama from the Allen Drury bestseller with a homosexual subtheme, and The Cardinal (1963), a drama set in the Vatican hierarchy for which Preminger received his second Best Director Academy Award nomination.
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Tied with Renato Castellani for Romeo and Juliet (1954), Edward Dmytryk for The Caine Mutiny (1954), Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window (1954) and George Seaton for The Country Girl (1954).
- December 5, 1905
- April 23, 1986
Otto Preminger died on April 23, 1986 in New York City from the effects of lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. He was 80 years old. Born December 5, 1905. Died April 23, 1986 (80) Add to list. Nominated for 3 Oscars. 5 wins & 23 nominations total.
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Aug 5, 2022 · Dubbed the most hated man in Hollywood, director Otto Preminger directed 37 films over a 40-year career. Stories of his monstrous behavior on sets are legendary. He once confessed to actor Nicol Williamson that he was called “Otto the Monster.”
Jun 12, 2024 · Preminger received his first Academy Award nomination for best director, and Joseph LaShelle won an Oscar for his cinematography. The commercial and critical success of Laura gave Preminger leverage, and Zanuck signed him to a long-term contract.
- Michael Barson
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Otto Preminger - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (1955) and more awards.
Directed 9 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Clifton Webb, Maggie McNamara, Dorothy Dandridge, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott, Sal Mineo and John Huston. Father, with ecdysiast Gypsy Rose Lee, of producer-screenwriter Erik Lee Preminger. 23 more.
