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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), [1] for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director .
Carol Reed. Director: The Third Man. Carol Reed was the second son of stage actor, dramatics teacher and impresario founder of the Royal School of Dramatic Art Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Reed was one of Tree's six illegitimate children with Beatrice Mae Pinney, who Tree established in a second household apart from his married life.
Carol Reed (born December 30, 1906, London, England—died April 25, 1976, London) was a British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre. He was the first British film director to be knighted.
Apr 15, 2015 · A hunted man is pursued through the darkening streets of a crumbling, divided city by police, friends, co-conspirators, enemies and his blindly faithful lover — yes, there are many ways in which...
Oct 21, 2009 · In the comedy, the son of an American millionaire (John Loder) travels to France to study art but instead falls in love. For his solo directorial effort in 1936, Carol Reed shot the sea adventure...
In The Third Man—probably the greatest British thriller of the postwar era—director Carol Reed and screenwriter Graham Greene set a fable of moral corruption in a world of near-Byzantine visual complexity: the streets and ruins of occupied Vienna…
Apr 27, 1976 · Sir Carol Reed, the British movie director whose most famous films included “The Third Man,” “Odd Man Out” and “The Fallen Idol,” died of a heart attack Sunday night in his London home. He was 69...
