Edward Dmytryk (1908 -1999)
- director, producer
- born September 4, 1908, Grand Forks, British Columbia
- died July 1, 1999 of heart and kidney failure, in his Encino, California home
- filmography
- educated at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- former projectionist and editor at Paramount
- directed his first film, The Hawk, in 1935.
- made several socially and politically oriented films, such as Hitler's Children (1943) and Crossfire (AAN) (1947) which was an
indictment of anti-Semitism
- fellow director Sam Wood gave his name to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
- one of the Hollywood Ten cited for contempt of Congress after refusing to testify, Dmytryk was fired by RKO and spent some time in England, where he made several movies
- forced to return to the US in 1951 to renew his passport, he was arrested and sentenced to six months in jail
- Dmytryk then appeared before HUAC a second time, recanting his earlier statements, "named names," and was removed from the blacklist
- he was never forgiven by other members of the blacklist
- went on to direct several films, including "The Caine Mutiny" and most notably "The Sniper" (1952), and worked on a number of big-budget productions, most of which lacked the edge of his earlier, more modest works
- later taught film at the University of Southern
California
- published a series of books on film, including:
- On film editing : an introduction to the art of film construction (1984)
- On screen acting : an introduction to the art of acting for the screen (1984) with Jean Porter Dmytryk
- On screen directing (1984)
- On screen writing (1985)
- On film making (1986)
- Cinema: concept and practice (1988)
- autobiographical books:
- Odd man out : a memoir of the Hollywood Ten (1955)
- It's a Hell of a Life, but Not a Bad Living (1978)
- biography: Edward Dmytryk, film director (1990) by Robert Fischer
- quote: My lifelong ambition has been to spend my money as soon as I can get it.
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