Otto Preminger

1905-1986

Biography: life and films

Otto Preminger was an Austro-Hungarian-American film director. He was born in Wiznitz, Austria-Hungary on 5th December 1905 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 23rd April 1986, aged 80.

His best films as a film director include Laura (1944), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Advise and Consent (1962) and Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), and whose best work as an actor include Margin for Error (1943), David Butler's comedy They Got Me Covered (1943) and Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (1953).

Otto Preminger directed 38 films and appeared in 8 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (9), Thriller (6), romance (5), comedy-romance (5), comedy-drama (5), War (5), history (4), crime-thriller (4), Biography (4) and Documentary (3).

Our average rating for Otto Preminger over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director

Under Your Spell (1936) [d]

Danger-Love at Work (1937) [d]

Kidnapped (1938) [d]

The Pied Piper (1942) [a]

Margin for Error (1943) [a,d]

They Got Me Covered (1943) [a]

In the Meantime, Darling (1944) [d]

Laura (1944) [d]

A Royal Scandal (1945) [d]

Fallen Angel (1945) [d]

Centennial Summer (1946) [d]

Daisy Kenyon (1947) [d]

Forever Amber (1947) [d]

That Lady in Ermine (1948) [d]

The Fan (1949) [d]

Whirlpool (1949) [d]

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) [d]

The 13th Letter (1951) [d]

Angel Face (1952) [d]

Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach (1953) [a,d]

Stalag 17 (1953) [a]

The Moon Is Blue (1953) [d]

Carmen Jones (1954) [d]

River of No Return (1954) [d]

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) [d]

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) [d]

Saint Joan (1957) [d]

Bonjour tristesse (1958) [d]

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) [d]

Porgy and Bess (1959) [d]

Exodus (1960) [d]

Advise and Consent (1962) [d]

The Cardinal (1963) [d]

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) [d]

In Harm's Way (1965) [d]

Hurry Sundown (1967) [d]

Skidoo (1968) [d]

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) [d]

Such Good Friends (1971) [d]

Rosebud (1975) [d]

Hollywood on Trial (1976) [a]

The Human Factor (1979) [d]

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) [a]

Ain't Misbehavin (Un voyageur) (2013) [a]



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