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Alexander Mackendrick
- Department:Directing
- Place of birth:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Birthday:9/8/1912
- Deathday:12/22/1993
- Popularity:1
- Also known as:알렉산더 맥켄드릭
Biography:
Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential professor at the California Institute of the Arts.
Born to Scottish immigrant parents in Boston, he was raised in Glasgow from the age of 6. He began making television commercials before moving into post-production editing and directing films, most notably for Ealing Studios where his films include Whisky Galore! (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951) - which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, The Maggie (1954), and The Ladykillers (1955).
In 1957, Mackendrick directed his first American film Sweet Smell of Success, which was a critical and commercial success. However, his directing career declined throughout the following decade, and he was fired or replaced from several projects, owing in part to his perfectionist approach to filmmaking.
Mackendrick retired from directing in the late 1960's after completing A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) and Don't Make Waves (1967), becoming the founding Dean (and later a Professor) of the CalArts School of Film/Video.
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Acting and producing career
Acting
Producing
- 2017movie
Logan
as Thanks
- 2007movie
3:10 to Yuma
as Thanks
- 2004movie
Mackendrick on Film
as Writer
- 1967movie
Don't Make Waves
as Director
- 1965movie
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Director
- 1963movie
Sammy Going South
as Director
- 1958movie
Fanfare
as Script Consultant
- 1957movie
Sweet Smell of Success
as Director
- 1957movie
Sweet Smell of Success
as Additional Writing
- 1955movie
The Ladykillers
as Director
- 1954movie
The 'Maggie'
as Director
- 1954movie
The 'Maggie'
as Story
- 1952movie
Mandy
as Director
- 1951movie
The Man in the White Suit
as Director
- 1951movie
The Man in the White Suit
as Screenplay
- 1950movie
Dance Hall
as Screenplay
- 1949movie
Whisky Galore!
as Director
- 1948movie
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Writer
- 1948movie
Robinson Charley
as Script Consultant
- 1943movie
Contraries
as Director
- 1943movie
Abu and the Poisoned Well
as Writer
- 1943movie
Abu's Dungeon
as Writer
- 1939movie
Love on the Range
as Writer
- 1938movie
South Sea Sweethearts
as Writer
- 1937movie
Midnight Menace
as Story
- -tv
The Defenders
as Director
