Otto Preminger
Directing
Born December 5, 1905 · Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
Biography
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian theatre and film director. After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of…
Known For · 32 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Batman
The Dick Cavett Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Suspense
The Ed Sullivan Show
Film '72
Samedi soir
Cinépanorama
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
Small World
Reflets de Cannes
Je später der Abend
Ain't Misbehavin
Stalag 17
Treffpunkt New York
The Hobbit
Hollywood Preview
Where Do We Go from Here?
The Girl on The Roof
The Making of A Movie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
They Got Me Covered
The Pied Piper
Margin for Error
Rickles
The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger
Die Titelmacher