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A comprehensive biography of the British film director Alexander Mackendrick, who was born in the US to Scottish parents and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He directed comedies such as Whisky Galore!, The Ladykillers and The Man in the White Suit, and also Sweet Smell of Success, a film about New York gossip columnists. He died in 1993 from pneumonia.
- September 8, 1912
- December 22, 1993
7. Apr. 2012 · Alexander Mackendrick, der vielleicht wichtigste Filmemacher des britischen Nachkriegskinos, war – existentialistisch gesprochen – stets ein Anderer. Seine beiden berühmtesten Werke, "The Man in the White Suit" (1951) und "The Ladykillers" (1955), werden meist als Höhepunkte der Ealing-Komödie und als Meisterleistungen von ...
Alexander Mackendrick was one of Britain’s greatest film directors. In the late 1940s he began work at Michael Balcon ’s Ealing Studios, where he made some of the most important films of the era, including Whisky Galore!, The Man in the White Suit and The Ladykillers, before directing an authentic Hollywood classic, Sweet Smell of Success, in 1957.
Alexander Mackendrick war ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen zählen Der Mann im weißen Anzug (1951), Ladykillers (1955) und Dein Schicksal in meiner Hand (1957).
Alexander Mackendrick, film director, writer: born Boston, Massachusetts 8 September 1912; died Los Angeles 21 December 1993.
A symposium on the life and work of Alexander Mackendrick, a master of postwar British comedy and a pioneer of neorealism and satire. Learn about his career, from his propaganda films during World War II to his later films at Ealing Studios and CalArts, and his themes of the anarchy of innocence, authority and media.
Alexander Mackendrick was a British director, writer and producer of films, best known for his Ealing comedies such as Whisky Galore!, The Ladykillers and The Man in the White Suit. He also directed documentaries, war propaganda films and drama. Learn about his life, career and works from this comprehensive biography by BFI Screenonline.
