Biography of fred zinnemann

Austrian-American film director (–)

Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, – March 14, ) was an Austrian-American^[1] film director and producer.

Biography of fred zinnemann

He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US, where he specialized in shorts before making 25 feature films during his year career.

He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with non-professional actors to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and thereby creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events.

According to one historian^[who?], Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of "psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are