Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman (born July 23, 1914 in Chicago , Illinois , † June 26, 1984 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American screenwriter and film producer .
Live and act
He graduated from the University of Illinois . In the 1930s he became a member of the American Communist Party . Because of this, he was later the victim of defamation in the 1950s after being called to the Un-American Activities Committee . This meant his unemployment in Hollywood . A public smear campaign led by John Wayne finally forced him to go into exile in England in 1953. There he wrote scripts using a pseudonym . He returned to the United States in the mid-1970s.
In 1963 he directed the first and only time himself. The film was titled The winners ( The Victors ).
In 1970 he was appointed Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE) .
Carl Foreman was married twice and has three children, one daughter is the historian Amanda Foreman .
In his honor, the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film was given for the best young talent at the British Academy Film Awards .
Awards (selection)
- 1950 - Nomination for Between Women and Ropes
- 1951 - Nomination for The Men
- 1953 - Nomination for twelve noon
- 1958 - Awarded the Oscar for The Bridge on the Kwai (awarded posthumously)
- 1962 - Nomination for The Navarone Cannons
- 1972 - Nomination for The Young Lion
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: Between women and ropes ( Champion )
- 1950: The Last Musketeer ( Cyrano de Bergerac )
- 1950: The man of her dreams ( Young Man with a Horn )
- 1950: The men ( The Men )
- 1952: Twelve noon ( High Noon )
- 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai ( The Bridge on the River Kwai )
- 1957: Poisonous Snow ( A Hatful of Rain )
- 1958: The Key ( The Key )
- 1961: The Guns of Navarone ( The Guns of Navarone )
- 1963: The winners ( The Victors )
- 1972: The Young Lion ( Young Winston )
- 1978: The Wild Pile of Navarone ( Force 10 from Navarone )
- 1980: The day the world ended (When Time Ran Out ...)
Web links
- Carl Foreman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philip Drummond: Twelve noon. Myth and history of a classic film, Hamburg / Vienna 2000, p. 21 and p. 48f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foreman, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Derek Frye |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1984 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills , California , USA |