Martin Ritt
American film director (1914-1990) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 76
Martin Ritt was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre, and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative."
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1990Died8 December 19901989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilm1985
Murphy's RomanceFilm, Director1981
Back RoadsFilm, Director1978
Casey's ShadowFilm, Director1975
End of the GameFilm, Hans Bärlach1973
James Wong Howe: CinematographerFilm1970
The Great White HopeFilm, Director1967BAFTA Award for Best British FilmAward
HombreFilm, 1967Director, Producer1964
The OutrageFilm, Director, Producer1962
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young ManFilm, Director1960
Five Branded WomenFilm, Director1958
The Long, Hot SummerFilm, Director1944
Winged VictoryFilm, Gleason1914Born2 March 1914
Murphy's RomanceFilm, Director1981Back RoadsFilm, Director1978Casey's ShadowFilm, Director1975End of the GameFilm, Hans Bärlach1973James Wong Howe: CinematographerFilm1970The Great White HopeFilm, Director1967BAFTA Award for Best British FilmAwardHombreFilm, 1967Director, Producer1964The OutrageFilm, Director, Producer1962Hemingway's Adventures of a Young ManFilm, Director1960Five Branded WomenFilm, Director1958The Long, Hot SummerFilm, Director1944Winged VictoryFilm, Gleason1914Born2 March 1914People around Martin
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Paul Newman Martin directed Hud and The Long, Hot Summer
Joanne Woodward Martin directed The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Val Avery Martin directed Hud and The Long, Hot Summer
Whit Bissell Martin directed Hud and The Black Orchid
Harriet Frank Jr. Also in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Philip Bourneuf Martin directed Pete 'n' Tillie (1974)- Irving Ravetch Also in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Sally Field Martin directed Norma Rae and Murphy's Romance
Robert Webber Martin directed The Great White Hope and Nuts
Roy Glenn Martin directed The Great White Hope (1970)
Susan Strasberg Martin directed The Brotherhood (1970)
Sidney Poitier Martin directed Edge of the City and Paris Blues
Walter Matthau Martin directed Pete 'n' Tillie (1974)
Eli Wallach Martin directed Nuts (1988)
Pat Hingle Martin directed Norma Rae and No Down Payment
Claire Bloom Martin directed The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1966)
Paul Winfield Martin directed Sounder and Conrack
Jack Warden Martin directed Edge of the City (1957)
Barbara Rush Martin directed Hombre and No Down Payment
Cameron Mitchell Martin directed Hombre and No Down Payment
Murray Hamilton Martin directed The Brotherhood (1970)
Ray Stark Produced The Slugger's Wife and Casey's Shadow
Lee de Broux Martin directed Norma Rae and Back Roads
Joel Fluellen Martin directed The Great White Hope (1970)
Known for
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Sounder 1972
Hud 1963
Norma Rae 1979
The Front 1976
Hombre 1967
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 35
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1990 · aged 76
