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Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American [ 1] film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations.
Fred Zinnemann. Director: A Man for All Seasons. Initially grew up wanting to be a violinist, but while at the University of Vienna decided to study law. While doing so, he became increasingly interested in American film and decided that was what he wanted to do.
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- Rzeszów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
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Fred Zinnemann (born April 29, 1907, Rzeszów, Austria-Hungary [now in Poland]—died March 14, 1997, London, England) was an Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films are distinguished by realism of atmosphere and characterization and often grounded in crises of conscience.
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Fred Zinnemann. Director: A Man for All Seasons. Initially grew up wanting to be a violinist, but while at the University of Vienna decided to study law. While doing so, he became increasingly interested in American film and decided that was what he wanted to do.
- April 29, 1907
- March 14, 1997
Mar 15, 1997 · Fred Zinnemann, the director who grappled with issues of moral courage in such Academy Award-winning films as ''From Here to Eternity'' in 1953 and ''A Man for All Seasons'' in 1966, died...
May 11, 2018 · ZINNEMANN, FRED (1907–1997), U.S. film director and producer. Born in Vienna, Zinnemann went to Hollywood in 1929, worked as a script clerk, and in 1934 directed a full-length documentary, The Wave .
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Mar 14, 1997 · Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997), born in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, was an American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations.