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
Also known As
알렉산더 맥켄드릭
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...
Acting
1970
as Self
2004
as Self
1986
1986
as Interviewee
Production
1957
as Director
1967
as Director
1955
as Director
1951
as Director
1963
as Director
1949
as Director
1965
as Director
1952
as Director
1954
as Director
1954
as Story
1948
as Writer
2017
as Thanks
1937
as Story
1950
as Screenplay
1948
as Script Consultant
1943
as Director
2007
as Thanks
1943
as Writer
2004
as Writer
1938
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1958
as Script Consultant
1951
as Screenplay
1943
as Writer
1957
as Additional Writing
1941
as Director
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