Otto Preminger

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-12-05 (81 years old)

Deathday

1986-04-23

Place of Birth

Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary

Otto Preminger

Biography

Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian theatre and film director. After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise & Conse...

Acting

1977

The Hobbit

as Elvenking (voice)

1953

Stalag 17

as Oberst von Scherbach

1943

Margin for Error

as Karl Baumer

1942

The Pied Piper

as Major Diessen

1943

1976

1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

as General Rahl (uncredited)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Production

1959

1959

1954

1958

1965

1944

Laura

as Director

1953

Angel Face

as Producer

1965

1975

Rosebud

as Director

1953

Angel Face

as Director

1975

Rosebud

as Producer

1960

Exodus

as Producer

1944

Laura

as Producer

1959

Porgy and Bess

as Director

1960

Exodus

as Director

1958

1963

The Cardinal

as Director

1963

The Cardinal

as Producer

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Director

1945

Fallen Angel

as Director

1945

Fallen Angel

as Producer

1968

Skidoo

as Director

1950

Whirlpool

as Director

1950

Whirlpool

as Producer

1943

Margin for Error

as Director

1979

The Human Factor

as Director

1951

The 13th Letter

as Producer

1951

The 13th Letter

as Director

1962

Advise & Consent

as Director

1962

Advise & Consent

as Producer

1965

In Harm's Way

as Director

1965

In Harm's Way

as Producer

1953

The Moon Is Blue

as Director

1954

Carmen Jones

as Director

1945

A Royal Scandal

as Director

1947

Forever Amber

as Director

1957

Saint Joan

as Director

1971

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Director

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Producer

1949

The Fan

as Director

1946

1931

The Great Love

as Director

1946

1931

The Great Love

as Producer

1949

The Fan

as Producer

1953

1938

Kidnapped

as Co-Director

1954

Carmen Jones

as Producer

1936

Under Your Spell

as Director

1957

Saint Joan

as Producer

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Producer

1971

1979

The Human Factor

as Producer

1968

Skidoo

as Producer

1953

The Moon Is Blue

as Producer

1948

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