David Greene
David Greene was born on Feb 22, 1921 in UK. David Greene's big-screen debut came with Daughter of Darkness directed by Lance Comfort in 1948, strarring David Price. David Greene is known for Vanishing Act directed by David Greene, Mike Farrell stars as Harry Kenyon and Margot Kidder as Chris Kenyon. David Greene has got 4 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award David Greene achieved is Primetime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie David Greene plays is Bella Mafia which will be released on Nov 16, 1997.
David Greene had a varied early career, beginning with his first job as junior reporter for the Walthamstow Guardian. Life as a journalist was not to be his forte, however. During the years spanning the mid- to late 1930's, he tried his luck variously in the furniture removal business, as a deck hand and as a hospital porter, before signing on with the Merchant Navy at the onset of World War II. He lasted a year before being invalided out in 1941. Becoming affiliated with the Everyman Theatre in London as its publicity manager, he finally found his vocation in the acting profession and subsequently enrolled at RADA. From 1948, he performed in repertory which included a season or two at the Old Vic. Movies followed, with supporting roles in films like Le cheval de bois (1950).While travelling through Canada with the touring Broadway Company of 'Anthony and Cleopatra' in 1952, Greene decided to accept an offer from the Canadian Broadcasting Company to join their television department. He emigrated officially in 1953, and moved to New York three years later. By the end of the decade, he had become one of the most sought-after TV directors in the business. Working on both sides of the Atlantic, he helmed episodes of popular action and adventure series like Sir Francis Drake (1961) and Les accusés (1961). He also directed the occasional feature. Three of these stand out.His first, La malédiction des Whateley (1967), was a macabre story, loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft. Greene's eye for off-beat location, combined with his clever use of subjective camera technique, gave the film a striking visual sense and considerably heightened its suspense value. Les filles du code secret (1968), with its stark Orwellian visions of London, was a stylish espionage thriller about code breaking that did not take itself all that seriously. It boasted an excellent cast, headed by Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York and Lilli Palmer, and was directed with style, fairly obscuring the numerous incongruities within the plot. Third of the trio, Chantage à la drogue (1968), was a gritty, somewhat unpleasant, tale of police corruption and obsession set in swinging 60's London. More overtly violent than its predecessors in the genre, it imported Greene's American experience into British film and is worth viewing chiefly for the director's taut handling.Once again back in the U.S. from the mid-1970's, Greene directed several instalments of the popular miniseries Le riche et le pauvre (1976) and then specialised in made-for-TV films, also occasionally working as producer or executive producer. Arguably, his most successful spell in the medium was between 1976 and 1979, winning three of his four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing of a Drama Series or Special. The oft-married Greene retired in 1999 and died in April 2003, aged 82.
Birthday
Feb 22, 1921Place of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Known For
Awards
4 wins & 6 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 1997
director
6.8 - 19975.3
- 1996
director
4.2 - 1994
director
4.8 - 19925.7
- 1992
director
3.4 - 1991
director
6.0 - 1991
director
3.9 - 1991
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
director
5.9 - 19906.5
- 1989
director, producer
4.8 - 1989
director
5.5 - 1988
director
6.0 - 1988
director
6.6 - 1987
director
6.5 - 1987
producer
4.1 - 19866.2
- 1986
director
7.1 - 1986
director
5.9 - 1985
director
6.6 - 1985
producer
4.7 - 1984
director, producer
5.3 - 1984
director
6.4 - 1983
director
5.8 - 1983
producer
4.8 - 1982
director
6.1 - 1982
director
6.9 - 1981
director, producer
4.9 - 1979
director, producer
4.2 - 1979
director
7.2 - 1978
director
6.2 - 1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
director
6.7 - 1975
director
6.9 - 1974
director
7.1 - 1973
director
6.5 - 1970
director
6.2 - 1968
director
6.3 - 1967
director
5.8 - 19506.9
- 19496.4
- 19486.3
- 19486.6