Otto Preminger
Born Dec. 5, 1906, in Vienna, Austria, Otto Preminger studied under famed German stage producer Max Reinhardt in the 1930s before stepping out on his own in Hollywood to make B-level films.
A subsequent falling out with Darryl F. Zanuck temporarily shelved his directorial career, pushing Preminger to find work as an actor playing Nazis in World War II features. (He would later appear as Mr. Freeze in the "Batman" TV series.) But Preminger reentered the realm of directing with the critical and commercial hit Laura (1944) and that same year fathered a son, Erik, the product of an affair with stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
He went on to embrace controversy with films such as Carmen Jones (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and Advise and Consent (1962). He died on April 23, 1986, of cancer and complications from Alzheimer's disease.
All Otto Preminger Movies
The Hobbit (1977) | NR | |
Such Good Friends (1971) | R | |
Skidoo (1968) | PG | |
Hurry Sundown (1967) | NR | |
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) | NR | |
In Harm's Way (1965) | NR | |
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Advise and Consent (1962) | NR | |
Exodus (1960) | NR | |
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | NR | |
Bonjour Tristesse (1958) | NR | |
Man with the Golden Arm (1955) | NR | |
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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) | NR | |
River of No Return (1954) | NR | |
Carmen Jones (1954) | NR | |
Stalag 17 (1953) | NR | |
Angel Face (1952) | NR | |
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) | NR | |
Whirlpool (1949) | NR | |
Daisy Kenyon (1947) | NR | |
Fallen Angel (1945) | NR | |
Laura (1944) | NR | |
They've Got Me Covered (1943) | NR | |
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