Cy Endfield

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Cyril Raker Endfield (born November 10, 1914 in Scranton , Pennsylvania , † April 16, 1995 in Shipston-on-Stour , England ) was an American director , magician and inventor who worked as a victim of the McCarthy era in Great Britain . He also worked as a screenwriter. His most popular film is Zulu .

Life

Cy Endfield attended Yale University and began his career in the progressive theater scene in New York. He then moved with his own company through the province to Montreal . He enriched his appearances with the performance of card tricks. Orson Welles saw this and was so excited that he hired him. Endfield began in 1942 with the then still widespread short films, did his military service and brought out his first full-length feature film The Gangster Boss of Rocket City ( The Underworld Story ) in 1950 , which received critical acclaim. His young career came to an end when he was blamed for his left political activities as a student during the McCarthy era. He fell into the clutches of the notorious Committee on Un-American Activities and was blacklisted by the studios. In Great Britain he could work under different names and employ American co-fates. He only achieved real success in 1963 with the monumental film Zulu . The dissolute life of the Marquis de Sade ( De Sade ) was again filmed with American money. After the failure of Universal Soldier , the director fell silent. In 1979 he last appeared as a screenwriter for The Last Offensive .

Cy Endfield is considered to be the inventor of a chord keyboard , the microwriter.

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SURNAME Endfield, Cy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Endfield, Cyril Raker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, magician, and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Scranton, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1995
Place of death Shipston-on-Stour , England