Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt (born March 2, 1914 in New York , † December 8, 1990 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American film director . His best-known films include The Wildest Among A Thousand (1963), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) and Man Called Him Hombre (1967).
Life
Ritt came to acting in the 1930s through Elia Kazan , who brought him to the Group Theater . After fighting as a soldier in World War II , he returned to Broadway as an actor and director .
In the early 1950s he came to former activities for the Communist Party to the black list of the Committee on Un-American Activities . Since he could not find a job at first, he began to teach acting. Paul Newman , Rod Steiger, and Lee Remick were among his students at the time . Ritt was only able to direct a play on Broadway in 1956, and in 1957 he made his directorial debut in film. Ritt dealt with the experiences during his professional ban in his 1976 film Der Strohmann .
Martin Ritt was nominated once for an Oscar and a Golden Globe . He won prizes for his films at the film festivals in Cannes and Venice .
Filmography
Director
- 1957: A Man Conquers Fear (Edge of the City)
- 1957: Window without a curtain (No Down Payment)
- 1958: The Long, Hot Summer (The Long, Hot Summer)
- 1958: The Black Orchid (The Black Orchid)
- 1959: Pirates of the South (The Sound and the Fury)
- 1960: Jovanka and the others (Jovanka e le altre / Five Branded Women)
- 1961: Paris Blues (Paris Blues)
- 1962: Hemingway 's Adventures of a Young Man
- 1963: The wildest among a thousand (Hud)
- 1964: Carrasco, the molester (The Outrage)
- 1965: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)
- 1967: He was called Hombre (Hombre)
- 1969: Order of Murder (The Brotherhood)
- 1970: Cursed Until Judgment Day (The Molly Maguires)
- 1970: The Great White Hope (The Great White Hope)
- 1972: The Year Without a Father (Sounder)
- 1972: Peter and Tillie (Pete 'n' Tillie)
- 1974: Farewell to an island (Conrack)
- 1976: The straw man (The Front)
- 1978: The Champion (Casey's Shadow)
- 1979: Norma Rae - A woman is her husband (Norma Rae)
- 1981: Back Roads
- 1983: Cross Creek (Cross Creek)
- 1985: The Second Choice: A Romance (Murphy's Romance)
- 1987: Nuts ... freaked out (Nuts)
- 1990: Stanley & Iris
presentation
- 1975: The judge and his executioner
- 1985: The Slugger's Wife
Web links
- Martin Ritt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Martin Ritt at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ride, Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1990 |
Place of death | Santa Monica , California , USA |