Fred Zinnemann

✶April 29, 1907

†March 14, 1997

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Alfred Zinnemann was an Austrian and American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Austria-Hungary and educated in France and Germany, Zinnemann began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US, where he specialized in shorts before making 25 feature films during his 50-year career. He won four Academy Awards, both for directing and producing, and made films in a variety of genres including thrillers, westerns, film noir, and stage adaptations.

Austrian film director (1907-1997)

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Biography from the article Fred Zinnemann on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.