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Martin Ritt

Film Producer / Film Director / Actor / Theatre Director | * 03/02/1914 († 76, 12/08/1990) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative." Ritt was an actor-turned-director with the Federal Theater Project and Group Theatre, becoming assistant to Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. After a promising television directing career was cut short by the Second Red Scare, Ritt made his first film Edge of the City (1957). His 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, based on the works of William Faulkner, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the first of three times the director would be nominated for the honor. His 1963 film Hud earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, and his 1965 John le Carré adaptation The Spy Who Came in..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Martin Ritt

BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film Academy Award for Best Director
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Movies with Martin Ritt as Actor(6)

Movies with Martin Ritt as Crew(35)

Directing/Director1990 Stanley & Iris
Directing/Director1987 Nuts
Production/Co-Producer1987 Nuts
Directing/Director1985 Murphy's Romance
Directing/Director1983 Cross Creek
Production/Producer1983 Cross Creek
Directing/Director1981 Back Roads
Directing/Director1979 Norma Rae
Directing/Director1978 Casey's Shadow
Directing/Director1976 The Front
Production/Producer1976 The Front
Directing/Director1974 Conrack
Production/Producer1974 Conrack
Directing/Director1972 Pete 'n' Tillie
Directing/Director1972 Sounder
Directing/Director1970 The Molly Maguires
Production/Producer1970 The Molly Maguires
Directing/Director1970 The Great White Hope
Directing/Director1968 The Brotherhood
Directing/Director1967 Hombre
Production/Producer1967 Hombre
Directing/Director1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Production/Producer1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Directing/Director1964 The Outrage
Production/Producer1964 The Outrage
Directing/Director1963 Hud
Production/Producer1963 Hud
Directing/Director1961 Paris Blues
Directing/Director1960 Five Branded Women
Directing/Director1959 The Sound and the Fury
Directing/Director1958 The Black Orchid
Directing/Director1958 The Long, Hot Summer
Directing/Director1957 Edge of the City
Directing/Director1957 No Down Payment

Full Name: Martin Ritt
Born: Monday, 03/02 1914 (March) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 12/08 1990 (December) in Santa Monica (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: St. John's University, DeWitt Clinton High School
Martin Ritt frequently works together with these people:
Irving Ravetch (11x, Crew)
Sidney Levin (9x, Crew)
John A. Alonzo (8x, Crew)
Paul Newman (7x, Actor)
Frank Bracht (7x, Crew)
Joanne Woodward (6x, Actress)
Tambi Larsen (5x, Crew)
James Wong Howe (5x, Crew)
Val Avery (5x, Actor)
Jerry Wald (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26820, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024