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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, British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre. He was the first British film director to be knighted. Among his best-known films are Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver!
Apr 15, 2015 · By Jessica Kiang. April 15, 2015 1:09 pm. “Carol could put a film together like a watchmaker puts together a watch,” stated director Michael Powell, himself not exactly notorious for his...
Director, Producer, Writer. Carol Reed was born in Putney, south London, on 30 December 1906, one of six children of the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, Beatrice Mae Pinney. Tree, who was respectably married, supported his second household substantially.
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), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!.
Mar 21, 2003 · Born December 30, 1906 in London, British director Sir Carol Reed was the second son of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress May Pinney. Following a public school education, Reed made his theatrical debut in 1924.
Jan 28, 2022 · John and Roy Boulting, David Lean, Laurence Olivier, and Carol Reed were just a few of the notables whose directorial prowess had struck the scene. But a pair which was the period's most prolific was Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; The Archers.
