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Robert Aldrich directing Barrie Chase during the filming of The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Robert Aldrich, (born Aug. 9, 1918, Cranston, R.I., U.S.—died Dec. 5, 1983, Los Angeles, Calif.), U.S. film director and producer. He held various jobs at RKO from 1941, working under such directors as Jean Renoir and Charlie Chaplin.
The Robert Aldrich Story. Robert Aldrich (born on this date in 1918) had a lot of success in his career, made a lot of movies, did very well at the box office by and large, and left a legacy of films that will continually be rediscovered by new generations. But despite all this he has not become a ‘brand name’ among many cinephiles in the ...
Biography. Read More. Famed for his macho mise-en-scene and resonant reworkings of classic action genres, Robert Aldrich became a model for many younger directors in the 1960s and 70s. Along with such figures as Roger Corman and Sam Arkoff, he was also a symbol of the free-spirit of independent filmmaking (although Aldrich had more interest in ...
Robert Aldrich. Aldrich moved into TV in the early ‘50s, before making his feature directorial debut in 1953 with the sports drama The Big Leaguer. The film failed to make any real impact, and Aldrich went back to TV, where he toiled diligently until top-shelf star Burt Lancaster recognised a kindred spirit.
Robert Aldrich: Született: Robert Burgess Aldrich 1918. augusztus 9. Cranston, Rhode Island, Amerikai Egyesült Államok: Elhunyt: 1983. december 5. (65 évesen) Los ...
Robert Aldrich (9. august 1918 i Cranston, Rhode Island, USA – 5. december 1983 i Los Angeles, Californien, USA) var en amerikansk filminstruktør og producent. Aldrich instruktørdebuterede i 1953 , og fik tidlig succes med bl.a. westernfilmen Vera Cruz ( 1954 ), den bizarre kriminalfilm Kiss Me Deadly ( Kys mig til døde ) og Hollywood -skildringen The Big Knife ( 1955 ).
SIDELIGHTS: Robert Aldrich is a professor of European history at the University of Sydney and a specialist on French colonial history. He has published numerous books that fall within the larger subject of European and colonial history, and he has also produced several books on gay studies.
