Alexander Mackendrick

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-09-08 (81 years old)

Deathday

1993-12-22

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Alexander Mackendrick

Biography

Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential professor at the California Institute of the Arts. Born to Scottish immigrant parents in Boston, he was raised in Glasgow from the age of 6. He began making television commercials before moving into post-production editing and directing films, most notably for Ealing Studios where his films include Whisky Galore! (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951) - which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay...

Production

1957

1967

Don't Make Waves

as Director

1955

The Ladykillers

as Director

1963

1949

Whisky Galore!

as Director

1965

1952

Mandy

as Director

1954

The 'Maggie'

as Director

1954

The 'Maggie'

as Story

2017

Logan

as Thanks

1937

1950

Dance Hall

as Screenplay

1948

Robinson Charley

as Script Consultant

1943

Contraries

as Director

2007

3:10 to Yuma

as Thanks

2004

1939

1958

Fanfare

as Script Consultant

1951

1943

Abu's Dungeon

as Writer

1957

Sweet Smell of Success

as Additional Writing

1941

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