Carol Reed
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| Born | 30 December 1906 Putney, London, England, UK |
| Died | 25 April 1976 (aged 69) Chelsea, London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Film director, producer |
| Years active | 1935 ~ 1972 |
| Spouse | Diana Wynyard (1943–1947) Penelope Dudley-Ward (1948–1976; his death) |
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968).[1] He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!
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[edit] Early life and education
The son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed,[2] Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, an independent school. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films.
[edit] Career and personal life
He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, but soon went into the role of producer/director. He worked as an Assistant Director with Basil Dean on the films Autumn Crocus, Lorna Doone and Loyalties and with Thorold Dickinson on Java Head. As director he was responsible for The Stars Look Down (1939), Kipps (1941), Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), Outcast of the Islands (1952), Our Man in Havana (1959), and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, and Our Man in Havana are based on the work of Graham Greene.
From 1943 until 1947, he was married to the British film star Diana Wynyard. After their divorce, he married, in 1948, the actress Penelope Dudley Ward, also known as Pempie, the elder daughter of Freda Dudley Ward, who had been a mistress of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and Duke of Windsor. They had one son, Max. A nephew was the actor Oliver Reed. His stepdaughter, Miss Ward's daughter, Tracy Reed, acted in numerous films.[citation needed]
In 1953, he became only the second British film director to be knighted for his craft. The first was his mentor and collaborator, Sir Alexander Korda in 1942, who had also been closely involved in the production of some of Reed's most admired films.
[edit] Death
Carol Reed died from a heart attack on 25 April 1976 at his home in Chelsea, aged 69.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (16 March 2000). "Carol Reed: The Third Man". The Guardian. http://film.guardian.co.uk/Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,147436,00.html. "Carol Reed directed films for 40 years, but his golden period was brief. It covered three years in the late 40s when he made Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. These three films alone put him in the forefront of British directors of the period, and the last-named, his second collaboration with Graham Greene, is probably the best film noir ever made out of Britain."
- ^ http://mubi.com/films/10747?from_theauteurs=1
- ^ "Carol Reed, Filmography". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715346/filmotype. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ "Carol Reed, Awards". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715346/awards. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Freehan, Deirdre (15 December 2010). "Carol Reed". Senses of Cinema. http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/reed/.
[edit] External links
- Carol Reed at the Internet Movie Database
- Carol Reed at AllRovi
- Carol Reed at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Carol Reed at Find a Grave
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