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Carol Reed
30 December 1906
Carol Reed created 11 movies in the Thriller, War, Music, Drama, Crime, Film-Noir, Romance, Mystery, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical genres.
Carol Reed got succeed with average imdb rating 7.4.
Uncle of Oliver Reed.
Retropective at the 48th Donostia-San Sebasti?n Film Festival. [2000]
Was the illegitimate son of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (Reed's mother, May Reed, was Tree's mistress).
Step-father of actress Tracy Reed.
Quit after several months as director of Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) because he found he was unable to handle Marlon Brando's ego. He was unaware that the studio had given Brando control of the picture.
Did not rate Alfred Hitchcock very highly as he thought that the best directors should display their range through filming a variety of subjects, whereas Hitchcock chose to direct mainly thrillers.
... His lovers included Daphne Du Maurier and Jessie Matthews.
Had a son Max from his marriage to Penelope Dudley-Ward.
In 1952 he became the first British film director to receive a knighthood for his craft.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 917-923. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Steven Spielberg has named him as an influence.
One of his earliest mentors was writer Edgar Wallace.
He worked in close collaboration with writer Graham Greene in the late 40s, producing two of his greatest films: The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).
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