Charles C. Coleman

Charles Clifford "Buddy" Coleman, Jr. (born December 29, 1900 in Oakland , † May 25, 1972 in Los Angeles ) was an American film director and assistant director.

Life

Charles C. Coleman worked as an assistant director in Hollywood from 1927. In 1928 he was employed by Columbia Pictures , where he worked several times with director Frank Capra until 1937 . For his film In the Fetters of Shangri-La ( Lost Horizon ) Coleman received an Oscar nomination in 1938 in the former category Best Assistant Director . From 1934 to 1939, Coleman directed a number of B-films for Columbia , including four crime films with the young Rita Hayworth . In 1941 he moved to Paramount Pictures , where he frequently assisted Billy Wilder until 1964 .

Filmography

Assistant director

• 1928: The Power of the Press - Director: Frank Capra
• 1929: Flieger ( Flight ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1931: Warnings against blondes ( Platinum Blonde ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1932: The Day the Bank Was Stormed ( American Madness ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1933: The Bitter Tea of ​​General Yen - Director: Frank Capra
• 1933: Lady for a Day ( Lady for a Day ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1934: It Happened One Night ( It Happened One Night ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1934: Napoleon on Broadway ( Twentieth Century ) - Directed by Howard Hawks
• 1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1937: In the Shackles of Shangri-La ( Lost Horizon ) - Director: Frank Capra
• 1940: The Lady in Question - Director: Charles Vidor
• 1942: Music, Music ( Holiday Inn ) - Director: Mark Sandrich
• 1942: The Major and the Minor ( The Major and the Minor ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1943: Five Graves to Cairo ( Five Graves to Cairo ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1944: The mysterious guest ( The Uninvited ) - Director: Lewis Allen
• 1944: Woman Without a Conscience ( Double Indemnity ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1944: Here Come the Waves
• 1945: The Lost Weekend ( The Lost Weekend ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1946: The sky is blue ( Blue Skies ) - Director: Stuart Heisler
• 1948: I kiss your hand, Madame ( The Emperor Waltz ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1948: A Foreign Affair ( A Foreign Affair ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1949: The Heiress ( The Heiress ) - Director: William Wyler
• 1950: Twilight Boulevard ( Sunset Blvd. ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1951: Reporters of Satan ( Ace in the Hole ) - Directed by Billy Wilder
• 1951: A Place in the Sun ( A Place in the Sun ) - Director: George Stevens
• 1951: Police Station 21 ( Detective Story ) - Director: William Wyler
• 1953: Stalag 17 - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1954: Sabrina - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1955: The Desperate Hours ( The Desperate Hours ) - Director: William Wyler
• 1955: Artists and Models ( Artists and Models ) - Director: Frank Tashlin
• 1956: The Rainmaker ( The Rainmaker ) - Director: Joseph Anthony
• 1957: Lindbergh - My flight over the ocean ( The Spirit of St. Louis ) - Director: Billy Wilder
• 1957: Gold from hot throat ( Loving You ) - Director: Hal Kanter
• 1957: Melody of Destiny ( The Joker Is Wild ) - Director: Charles Vidor
• 1957: Der Regimentstrottel ( The Sad Sack ) - Director: George Marshall
• 1958: Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead ( Vertigo ) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• 1960: Cinderfella ( Cinderfella ) - Director: Frank Tashlin
• 1963: The Wildest Among Thousands ( Hud ) - Director: Martin Ritt
• 1964: Kiss Me, Stupid ( Kiss Me, Stupid ) - Director: Billy Wilder

Director

• 1937: Criminals of the Air
• 1937: Paid to Dance
• 1937: The Shadow
• 1938: Homicide Bureau

Awards

• 1938: An Oscar nomination for Best Assistant Director for In the Shackles of Shangri-La
• 1952: DGA Award for A Place in the Sun together with George Stevens

Web links

• Charles C. Coleman in the Internet Movie Database (English)