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Born August 29, 1935 • Chicago • Illinois
Died August 7, 2023 (aged 87) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1972)
Notable Works “Blue Chips” • “Bug” • “Cruising” • “Deal of the Century” • “Good Times” • “Jade” • “Killer Joe” • “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” • “Rules of Engagement” • “Sorcerer” • “The Birthday Party” • “The Boys in the Band” • “The Brink’s Job” • “The Exorcist” • “The French Connection” • “The Hunted” • “To Live and Die in L.A.”

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Joel Coen
American filmmaker
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
American director
Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
American director, writer, and actor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
American film director
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer
William Wyler
William Wyler
American director
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
American director and producer
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
George Stevens
George Stevens
American director
George Cukor
George Cukor
American film director
EGOT winner
Mike Nichols
American director
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage
American film director and producer
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
American director
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
American director and author
Robert Wise
Robert Wise
American director and producer
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American filmmaker

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