Edmund Reek

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Edmund H. Reek (born March 19, 1897 in New York , † October 24, 1971 ) was an American film producer and director . For his short and documentary films he was nominated a total of seven times for an Oscar in the 1940s and 1950s , of which he was able to win the award three times.

Life

Reek produced more than 40 films for 20th Century Fox between 1939 and 1956 . He has also directed some films. He only produced documentaries and short films , including so-called one-reelers with a length of up to 15 minutes and two-reelers with a length of up to 30 minutes. He also produced several episodes of the Mel Allen Sports Show and CinemaScope Special .

For the films Champions Carry On , Blue Grass Gentlemen , Along the Rainbow Trail and Golden Horses , he was unsuccessfully nominated for an Oscar four times in the “Best Short Film” category - One-Reel . With the film People in the City ( Mannniskor i stad ) from 1948 he was able to win the award in that category for the first time. In 1956 he repeated this success with Survival City . For his work on the documentary Why Korea? it also won an Oscar in 1951 in the category “Best Documentary Short Film” .

Awards and nominations

Oscar

  • 1944 : Nomination in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for Champions Carry On
  • 1945 : Nomination in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for Blue Grass Gentlemen
  • 1946 : Nomination in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for Along the Rainbow Trail
  • 1947 : Nomination in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for Golden Horses
  • 1949 : Winner in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for People in the City ( Människor i stad )
  • 1951 : Winner in the Best Documentary Short Film category for Why Korea?
  • 1956 : Winner in the category Best Short Film - One-Reel for Survival City

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edmund Reek ( Memento of November 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on theoscarsite.com
personal data
SURNAME Reek, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reek, Edmund H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1971