Orson Welles (1915–1985)
Teoksen Citizen Kane [elokuva] tekijä
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Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. He was as an actor, writer, director, and producer on radio, film, and television. He began his career on stage, directing and acting in plays under the Federal Theatre Project and then with his company Mercury Theatre. From 1938 to 1940, näytä lisää he wrote, directed, and acted in the Mercury Theatre of the Air, and as part of its programming, he broadcast H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. He co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the movie Citizen Kane. He was also the director of the movies The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, and Chimes at Midnight. In addition to playing major roles in some of these films, he also starred in The Third Man and appeared in Someone to Love. He received a Special Oscar in April 1971 for "superlative artistry and versatility" and a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1975. He died on October 10, 1985 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Description: Orson Welles, March 1, 1937
Photographer: Carl Van Vechten
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, reproduction number LC-USZ62-119765
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Tekijän teokset
Nainen Sanghaista, 1947, ohjaus Orson Welles (1947) — Producer/Director/Screenwriter — 101 kappaletta
The War of the Worlds [Orson Welles's Original 1938 Radio Adaptation] (1938) — Ohjaaja — 82 kappaletta
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 5 kappaletta
Essential Classics: Dramas (The Maltese Falcon / Citizen Kane / Ben-Hur) — Ohjaaja — 5 kappaletta
Five Film Noir Classics: D.O.A. / Detour / The Stranger / Scarlet Street / Killer Bait (2004) 4 kappaletta
Everybody's Shakespeare; three plays edited for reading and arranged for staging — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Les Miserables: Smithsonian Historical Performances [1937 recording] (1995) — Actor; Ohjaaja — 3 kappaletta
Return to Glennascaul [Import anglais] 3 kappaletta
Macbeth & Othello d'après William Shakespeare réalisés par Orson Welles [Édition… (2017) 3 kappaletta
The Hearts of Age [1934 film] 2 kappaletta
Too Much Johnson 2 kappaletta
Three Cases of Murder [DVD] 2 kappaletta
Double Feature: Scarlet Street [and] The Stranger — Ohjaaja — 2 kappaletta
The Other Side of the Wind 2 kappaletta
Too Much Johnson [1938 film] — Ohjaaja — 2 kappaletta
AFI Life Achievement Award - Orson Welles 2 kappaletta
Orson Welles [coffret] 1 kappale
The Day That Panicked America [DVD] 1 kappale
Othello (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] 1 kappale
The Great Commandments Collection 1 kappale
The stranger + Cause for alarm! [videorecording] — Ohjaaja — 1 kappale
Omnibus: King Lear 1 kappale
Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare 1 kappale
Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare 1 kappale
Dramatic Readings 1 kappale
El tercer hombre 1 kappale
Die Spur des Fremden (The Stranger) 1 kappale
History of the Yiddish Cinema 1 kappale
The Shadow: Original Radio Show Featuring Orson Welles — Kertoja — 1 kappale
More of The Shadow All Starring Orson Welles (Murray Hill Radio Theatre) — Kertoja — 1 kappale
The Shadow Vol. 2: Fire Bug and Death From the Deep — Kertoja — 1 kappale
The Regatting of The President 1 kappale
Orson Wells, Film noir 1 kappale
The Masterworks of Orson Welles 1 kappale
The Late Great Planet Earth 1 kappale
Dracula : original radio broadcasts 1 kappale
Othello [film] 1 kappale
They'll love me when I'm dead 1 kappale
La Splendeur des Amberson 1 kappale
Invasion from Mars - 305 1 kappale
Historic Classics 50 Movie Pack [DVD] 1 kappale
The Trial / Escape From Sobibor [Double Feature Video] — Ohjaaja — 1 kappale
Very Best of Orson Welles 1 kappale
The Stranger / King Lear - Orson Welles Double Feature — Director — 1 kappale
Orson Welles. Miracle à Hollywood. À bon entendeur. Théâtre. Traduit de l'anglais par… (1952) 1 kappale
Columbus day 1 kappale
Don Chisciotte [Sound Recording] 1 kappale
The Man Who Knew Too Much / The Stranger / Beat the Devil — Ohjaaja — 1 kappale
The Best of Old-Time Radio Starring Orson Welles (Radio Spirits and the Smithsonian) (2001) 1 kappale
A Tale of Two Cities [sound recording] 1 kappale
La Toison d'or 1 kappale
The Genius of Orson Welles 1 kappale
Lives of Harry Lime: Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime v. 2 (Golden Days of Radio) (1995) 1 kappale
The Count of Monte Cristo [radio play] 1 kappale
Herz der Finsternis. Nach einer Erzählung von Joseph Conrad: Hörspiel mit Sylvester Groth, Ulrich Matthes… (2016) 1 kappale
O PENSAMENTO VIVO DE ORSON WELLES 1 kappale
La Guerra De Los Mundos [War of the Worlds]: Adaptación emisión radiofónica [Adaptation Radio… (2018) 1 kappale
La invasión desde Marte 1 kappale
The Eyes of Orson Welles [DVD] 1 kappale
Christmas Carol -- (Audio Cassette - 1 Hour) -- The Campbell Pklayhouse -- 12/23/38 -- Read by Orson Welles, Joseph… (1938) — Ohjaaja; Performer; Adaptor — 1 kappale
Bible Time Favorites 1 kappale
Citizen Welles The stranger; The trial 1 kappale
Rita Hayworth: The Ultimate Collection — Ohjaaja — 1 kappale
ORSON WELLES GREAT MYSTERIES VOLUME 2 1 kappale
Orson Welles As The Shadow — Artist — 1 kappale
Rita Hayworth: 6 Film Collection 1 kappale
Citizen Kane Opera 1 kappale
The Complete Mr. Arkadin 1 kappale
Associated Works
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
Austerlitz [1960 film] — Actor — 9 kappaletta
Classic Television: Blooper Bonanza 1960's (featuring Laugh-In, McHale's Navy, Star Trek) — Actor — 6 kappaletta
Almonds and Raisins: A History of the Yiddish Cinema — Kertoja — 5 kappaletta
Roots of Heaven [1958 film] — Actor — 5 kappaletta
Churchill: The Finest Hours [1964 film] — Kertoja — 3 kappaletta
Tyrone Power Collection — Actor — 3 kappaletta
Future Shock [1972 film] — Kertoja — 2 kappaletta
The Shadow Vol. 2 — Performer — 2 kappaletta
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: The Prophecies of Nostradamus [Videorecording] — Performer — 1 kappale
The Greatest Adventure: The Story Of Man's Voyage to the Moon — Kertoja — 1 kappale
Man, Beast and Virtue [1953 film] — Actor — 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Welles, Orson
- Virallinen nimi
- Welles, George Orson
- Muut nimet
- Уэллс, Орсон
- Syntymäaika
- 1915-05-06
- Kuolinaika
- 1985-10-10
- Hautapaikka
- Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. (Specifically: Ashes are buried in an old well covered by flowers, within the rural property of retired bullfighter Antonio Ordonez, Ronda, Spain)
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Yhdysvallat
- Syntymäpaikka
- Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA (birthplace)
- Koulutus
- Todd School for Boys
- Ammatit
- actor
director
screenwriter
film producer
radio producer - Suhteet
- Feder, Chris Welles (daughter)
Houseman, John (colleague) - Organisaatiot
- Mercury Theatre
Federal Theatre Project
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Society of American Magicians - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1983)
Academy Award (Best Original Screenplay, 1941)
AFI Life Achievement Award (1975)
Honorary Academy Award (1970)
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (1982)
D.W. Griffith Award (Directors Guild of America, 1984) (näytä kaikki 9)
Académie des Beaux-Arts (1983)
Special Fellowship, The Academy of Magical Arts (1984)
National Radio Hall of Fame (1988) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Orson Welles was gifted in many arts -- such as magic, piano, and painting -- as a child. After graduating from high school he skipped college in favor of a trip to Europe. Deciding to become an actor, he made his New York stage debut as Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1934. He began working with John Houseman and formed the Mercury Theatre with him in 1937. In 1938 they produced the famous prank radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." Welles' first film to be seen in theaters was Citizen Kane (1941), considered by many to be the best film ever made. Appreciation of his talent and skill as a filmmaker has continued to climb since his death in 1985.
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Touch of Evil (Widescreen Edition) Tekijä: Orson Welles
Orson Welles asked for the worst B movie script available, to show he could turn anything into a masterpiece. He rewrote it, worked with the actors in rehearsal to reshape the dialogue, & there isn’t a moment of wasted screen time... Touch of Evil.
C (Indifferent).
There's some great dialogue, and some iconic imagery. The story just doesn't work, though. For the first part of the movie, things are communicated too poorly (especially the characters) to know why anything is happening. Then the "mystery" in the second part of the movie is predictable.
(Nov. 2023)
There's some great dialogue, and some iconic imagery. The story just doesn't work, though. For the first part of the movie, things are communicated too poorly (especially the characters) to know why anything is happening. Then the "mystery" in the second part of the movie is predictable.
(Nov. 2023)
Perhaps greatest film of all time, certainly the best black & white.
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