Edward Dmytryk (1908–1999)

Director | Editor | Editorial Department

Edward Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. After his mother died ...

Born: September 4, 1908
Died: July 1, 1999 (age 90)

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Known For

Crossfire Director (1947)
Give Us This Day Director (1949)
Mirage Director (1965)
Known For

The Caine Mutiny Director (1954)
Director

Not Only Strangers (1979)
The 'Human' Factor (1975)
He Is My Brother (1975)
Bluebeard (1972)
Shalako (1968)
Anzio (1968)
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Mirage (1965)
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Joseph Desa (1962)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
The Blue Angel (1959)
Warlock (1959)
The Young Lions (1958)
Raintree County (1957)
The Mountain (1956)
Bing Presents Oreste (1956)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Broken Lance (1954)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Three Lives (1953)
The Juggler (1953)
Eight Iron Men (1952)
The Sniper (1952)
Mutiny (1952)
Give Us This Day (1949)
The Hidden Room (1949)
Crossfire (1947)
So Well Remembered (1947)
Till the End of Time (1946)
Cornered (1945)
Back to Bataan (1945)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Tender Comrade (1943)
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
Hitler's Children (1943)
Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
Counter-Espionage (1942)
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
Under Age (1941)
The Devil Commands (1941)
Her First Romance (1940)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Golden Gloves (1940)
Emergency Squad (1940)
Television Spy (1939)
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Director

The Hawk (1935)
Producer

Joseph Desa (1962)
Warlock (1959)
The Mountain (1956)
Give Us This Day (1949)
Producer

Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
Writer

Bluebeard (1972)
Editor

Some Like It Hot (1939)
Love Affair (1939)
Zaza (1938)
Prison Farm (1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
Hold 'Em Navy (1937)
Double or Nothing (1937)
Turn Off the Moon (1937)
Murder Goes to College (1937)
Easy to Take (1936)
Three Married Men (1936)
Three Cheers for Love (1936)
Too Many Parents (1936)
The Hawk (1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
College Rhythm (1934)
Make Me a Star (1932)
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
Editor

Only Saps Work (1930)
Archive footage

Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
Trumbo (2007)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
Crossfire: Hate Is Like a Gun (2005)
Archive footage

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000)
Editorial Department

Six of a Kind (1934)
Duck Soup (1933)
If I Had a Million (1932)
Editorial Department

The Phantom President (1932)
The Dance of Life (1929)

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He directed six different performers in Oscar-nominated performances: Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Tom Tully, Humphrey Bogart, Katy Jurado and Elizabeth Taylor.

[on director Henry Hathaway, for whom Dmytryk worked as an editor at the beginning of his career] He was an experience--like a case of smallpox. If you get it you either die or get over it. Once over it, you're immune forever. People hated him and ...