Don Siegel
Don Siegel was born on Oct 26, 1912 in USA. Don Siegel's big-screen debut came with Confessions of a Nazi Spy directed by Anatole Litvak in 1939. Don Siegel is known for Escape from Alcatraz directed by Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood stars as Frank Morris and Patrick McGoohan as Warden Arthur Dollison. Don Siegel has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Don Siegel achieved is Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The upcoming new movie Don Siegel plays is Jinxed! which will be released on Oct 22, 1982.
Don Siegel was educated at Cambridge University, England. In Hollywood from the mid-'30s, he began his career as an editor and second unit director. In 1945 he directed two shorts (Hitler Lives (1945) and Star in the Night (1945)) which both won Academy Awards. His first feature as a director was 1946's The Verdict (1946). He made his reputation in the early and mid-'50s with a series of tightly made, expertly crafted, tough but intelligent "B" pictures (among them La ronde du crime (1958), Les révoltés de la cellule 11 (1954), L'invasion des profanateurs de sépultures (1956)), then graduated to major "A" films in the 1960s and early 1970s. He made several "side trips" to television, mostly as a producer. Siegel directed what is generally considered to be Elvis Presley's best picture, Les rôdeurs de la plaine (1960). He had a long professional relationship and personal friendship with Clint Eastwood, who has often said that everything he knows about filmmaking he learned from Don Siegel.
Birthday
Oct 26, 1912Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Awards
2 wins & 1 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
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- 1980
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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editorial department
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