Otto Preminger
Birthday:
5 December 1905, Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Vyzhnytsia, Chernivetska oblast, Ukraine]
Birth Name:
Otto Ludwig Preminger
Height:
183 cm
Otto Ludwig Preminger was born in Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary. His father was a prosecutor, and Otto originally intended to follow his father into a law career; however, he fell in love with the theater and became a stage director. He directed his first film in 1931, and came to the US in 1936 to direct on the Broadway stage. He alternated b...
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Otto Ludwig Preminger was born in Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary. His father was a prosecutor, and Otto originally intended to follow his father into a law career; however, he fell in love with the theater and became a stage director. He directed his first film in 1931, and came to the US in 1936 to direct on the Broadway stage. He alternated between stage and film until the great success of Laura (1944) made him an A-list director in Hollwyood.For two decades after "Laura was released in 1944, Preminger ranked as one of the top directors in the world. His powers began to wane after Advise & Consent (1962), and by the end of the decade, he was considered washed-up. However, such was the potency of his craftsmanship that he continued to direct major motion pictures into the 1970s, with Rosebud (1975) getting scathing reviews. His last directorial effort was The Human Factor (1979), which won him respectful notices.Otto Preminger died on April 23, 1986 in New York City from the effects of lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. He was 80 years old. Show less «
I do not welcome advice from actors, they are here to act.
I do not welcome advice from actors, they are here to act.
There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates.
There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates.
[Giving direction to a group of children in Exodus (1960)] Cry, you little monsters!
[Giving direction to a group of children in Exodus (1960)] Cry, you little monsters!
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed 14 takes to get each one of them right.
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed 14 takes to get each one of them right.
Marilyn Monroe? A vacuum with nipples.
Marilyn Monroe? A vacuum with nipples.
[after the disastrous failure of Skidoo (1968))] I don't think many people adore it. Except my wife, who adores all my pictures, because tha...Show more »
[after the disastrous failure of Skidoo (1968))] I don't think many people adore it. Except my wife, who adores all my pictures, because that's what you get married for. Show less «