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Hubert Cornfield (February 9, 1929 — June 18, 2006) was an American film director in Hollywood. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and died in Los Angeles. Billy Wilder, William Wyler and Joseph L. Mankiewicz all signed his Directors Guild of America (DGA) application.
Hubert Cornfield was born on 9 February 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a director and writer, known for The Night of the Following Day (1969), The 3rd Voice (1960) and Pressure Point (1962). He died on 18 June 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director, Writer, Music Department
- February 9, 1929
- Hubert Cornfield
- June 18, 2006
Jun 21, 2006 · Hubert Cornfield, 77, a director and screenwriter best known for the edgy 1962 film “Pressure Point,” starring Bobby Darin and Sidney Poitier, and the 1968 crime drama “The...
Hubert Cornfield was born on February 9, 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a director and writer, known for The Night of the Following Day (1969), The 3rd Voice (1960) and Pressure Point (1962). He died on June 18, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- February 9, 1929
- June 18, 2006
Hubert Cornfield was an American film director in Hollywood. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and died in Los Angeles. Billy Wilder, William Wyler and Joseph L. Mankiewicz all signed his Directors Guild of America (DGA) application.
Hubert Cornfield, the B-film director best known for writing and directing the racial drama Pressure Point (1962), has passed away on June 18, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. He was 77. Born on February 9, 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey, Cornfield’s family moved to France and then eventually the United States while he was still a boy.
The assignment of Cornfield to a major Stanley Kramer production, "Point Blank," indicated that this young director had finally won recognition for his unique low-budget feature "The Third Voice" (1960), a thriller in the early Welles tradition. At about the same time that Cornfield began preliminaries on his new
