Carol Reed
English film director (1906-1976) · United Kingdom · Directors · Died at 69
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Something wrong?Sir Carol Reed was an English film director and producer. Considered one of the most foremost British filmmakers of the post-World War II era, he achieved prominence in the late 1940s for his film noir thrillers Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949).
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FlapFilm, Director1969Academy Award for Best DirectorAward1965
The Agony and the EcstasyFilm, Director, Producer1960
Our Man in HavanaFilm, Director, Producer1956
TrapezeFilm, Director1953
The Man BetweenFilm, Director, Producer1949
The Third ManFilm, Director, Producer1948
The Fallen IdolFilm, Director, Producer1945
The True GloryFilm, Director1943
The New LotFilm, Director1941
KippsFilm, Director1939
A Girl Must LiveFilm, Director1937
Who's Your Lady Friend?Film, Director1935
It Happened in ParisFilm, Director1906Born30 December 1906Also in Deutsch
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CRCharmed Lives: A Family Romance
FMFollow Me!FLFlap
OLOliver!TEThe Agony and the Ecstasy
TMThe Running ManOHOur Man in Havana
TKThe KeyTRTrapeze
AFA Kid for Two FarthingsTBThe Man Between
OIOutcast of the IslandsTMThe Third ManTIThe Fallen Idol
OOOdd Man OutTGThe True Glory
TAThe Way AheadTLThe New Lot
TPThe Young Mr. PittKIKipps
LHLetter from Home
NMNight Train to Munich
TDThe Stars Look Down
GNGirl in the NewsALA Girl Must Live
BHBank Holiday
PPPenny Paradise
CHClimbing HighWFWho's Your Lady Friend?
LGLaburnum Grove
TDTalk of the DevilIPIt Happened in Paris
MEMidshipman Easy46 credits on file
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Sir Carol Reed was an English film director and producer. Considered one of the most foremost British filmmakers of the post-World War II era, he achieved prominence in the late 1940s for his film noir thrillers Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The Fallen Idol won the second BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of the 20th century.
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