Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 · Movie
Edward Dmytryk
1908-09-04
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Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'. Although born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco when his Ukrainian parents moved to the United States. At the age of 31, he became a naturalized citizen. His best known films from the pre-McCarthy period of his career were film noirs Crossfire, for which he received a Best Director Oscar nomination, and Murder, My Sweet, the latter an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. In addition, he made two World War II films: Hitler's Children, the story of the Hitler youth and Back to Bataan starring John Wayne. The late 1940's was the time of the Second Red Scare, and Dmytryk was one of many filmmakers investigated. Summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he refused to cooperate and was sent to jail. After spending several months behind bars, Dmytryk made the decision to testify again, and give the names of his fellow members in the American Communist Party as the HUAC had demanded. On April 25, 1951, Dmytryk appeared before HUAC for the second time, answering all questions. He spoke of his own Party past, a very brief membership in 1945, including the naming of twenty-six former members of left-wing groups. He explained how John Howard Lawson, Adrian Scott, Albert Maltz and others had pressured him to include communist propaganda in his films. His testimony damaged several court cases that others of the so-called "Hollywood 10" had filed. He recounted his experiences of the period in his revealing 1996 book, Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten (Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL). For a time, Dmytryk moved to England, and Stanley Kramer hired him to direct a trio of low-budget films before handing Dmytryk The Caine Mutiny. He made films for major studios Columbia, 20th Century Fox, MGM and Paramount Pictures, including, among others, Raintree County, The Left Hand of God, The Young Lions, a remake of the Marlene Dietrich classic The Blue Angel, and The Carpetbaggers. Later into the 60' and 70's, he directed Where Love Has Gone, Anzio, Alvarez Kelly, Shalako, and his final film Bluebeard. The films which he directed featured stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda. After his film career tapered off in the 1970s, he entered academia and taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the University of Southern California. He wrote several books on the art of filmmaking (such as "On Film Editing") and lectured at various colleges and theaters, such as the Orson Welles Cinema. Dmytryk died from heart and kidney failure on 1 July, 1999, aged 90, in Encino, California.
Filmography
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Movie
as Self
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999 · Movie
as Self
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998 · Movie
as Self
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Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
1998 · Movie
as Self
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998 · Movie
as Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997 · Movie
as Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996 · Movie
as Himself
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Movie
as Self
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995 · Movie
as Self
Inside the Dream Factory
1995 · Movie
as Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994 · Movie
as Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Movie
as Self
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987 · TV Show
as Self
The Hollywood Ten
1950 · Movie
as Self
Crew Credits
Not Only Strangers
1979 · Movie
Director, Editor
The Human Factor
1975 · Movie
Director
He Is My Brother
1975 · Movie
Director
Bluebeard
1972 · Movie
Director, Writer
Anzio
1968 · Movie
Director
Shalako
1968 · Movie
Director
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Movie
Director
Mirage
1965 · Movie
Director
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Movie
Director
Where Love Has Gone
1964 · Movie
Director
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · Movie
Director
The Reluctant Saint
1962 · Movie
Director, Producer
Warlock
1959 · Movie
Producer, Director
The Blue Angel
1959 · Movie
Director
The Young Lions
1958 · Movie
Director
Raintree County
1957 · Movie
Director
The Mountain
1956 · Movie
Director, Producer
Soldier of Fortune
1955 · Movie
Director
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Movie
Director
The End of the Affair
1955 · Movie
Director
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Movie
Director
Broken Lance
1954 · Movie
Director
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Three Lives
1953 · Movie
Director
The Juggler
1953 · Movie
Director
The Sniper
1952 · Movie
Director
Eight Iron Men
1952 · Movie
Director
Mutiny
1952 · Movie
Director
Obsession
1949 · Movie
Director
Give Us This Day
1949 · Movie
Director
Crossfire
1947 · Movie
Director
So Well Remembered
1947 · Movie
Director
Till the End of Time
1946 · Movie
Director
Cornered
1945 · Movie
Director
Back to Bataan
1945 · Movie
Director
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Movie
Director
Tender Comrade
1944 · Movie
Director
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943 · Movie
Director
Captive Wild Woman
1943 · Movie
Director
Hitler's Children
1943 · Movie
Director
Behind the Rising Sun
1943 · Movie
Director, Producer
Counter-Espionage
1942 · Movie
Director
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
1942 · Movie
Director
The Devil Commands
1941 · Movie
Director
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Movie
Director
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941 · Movie
Director
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941 · Movie
Director
The Blonde from Singapore
1941 · Movie
Director
Under Age
1941 · Movie
Director
Golden Gloves
1940 · Movie
Director
Mystery Sea Raider
1940 · Movie
Director
Her First Romance
1940 · Movie
Director
Emergency Squad
1940 · Movie
Director
Television Spy
1939 · Movie
Director
Zaza
1939 · Movie
Editor
Love Affair
1939 · Movie
Editor
Million Dollar Legs
1939 · Movie
Director
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Movie
Editor
Double or Nothing
1937 · Movie
Editor
Turn Off the Moon
1937 · Movie
Editor
Hold 'Em Navy
1937 · Movie
Editor
Three Married Men
1936 · Movie
Editor
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Too Many Parents
1936 · Movie
Editor
Easy to Take
1936 · Movie
Editor
The Hawk
1935 · Movie
Editor, Director
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · Movie
Editor
College Rhythm
1934 · Movie
Editor
Duck Soup
1933 · Movie
Assistant Editor
Make Me a Star
1932 · Movie
Editor
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie
Assistant Editor
The Phantom President
1932 · Movie
Assistant Editor
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930 · Movie
Editor
Only Saps Work
1930 · Movie
Editor
