FILM DIRECTOR

Carl Foreman

1914 - 1984

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Carl Foreman, CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Foreman is the 1,172nd most popular film director (up from 1,319th in 2019), the 8,377th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,840th in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carl Foreman ranks 1,172 out of 2,041. Before her are Dominic Sena, Břetislav Pojar, Abraham Polonsky, Rebecca Miller, Pavel Lungin, and Sidney Franklin. After her are Ali Abbasi, Edgar Wright, Rachid Bouchareb, María Luisa Bemberg, Jacques Baratier, and Shunji Iwai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Carl Foreman ranks 328. Before her are Alessandro Frigerio, Claude Mauriac, David Wayne, Zdeněk Škrland, Jan de Hartog, and Bruce M. Metzger. After her are Shaken Aimanov, Hank Snow, Kay Stammers, Adrien Rommel, Viljo Heino, and Tsuneko Sasamoto. Among people deceased in 1984, Carl Foreman ranks 209. Before her are Virgil Jacomini, Rudolf Stahl, Nariz, Renato Perona, Eino Purje, and Donald Johnston. After her are Estelle Winwood, Byron Haskin, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Pentti Hämäläinen, Johnnie Parsons, and Luke Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Foreman ranks 8,379 out of 20,380. Before her are Fanny Brice (1891), Eva LaRue (1966), James Lee Burke (1936), Barbara Feldon (1933), Candice Night (1971), and Gilby Clarke (1962). After her are John Langdon (1741), Laraine Day (1920), Robin Morgan (1941), Milton H. Greene (1922), Betty Field (1913), and Colin Hanks (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Carl Foreman ranks 311. Before her are David Hand (1900), Steve Kloves (1960), Dominic Sena (1949), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Rebecca Miller (1962), and Sidney Franklin (1893). After her are Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Trey Parker (1969), Joe Ranft (1960), Byron Haskin (1899), and Buddy Van Horn (1928).

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