Director

Carl Foreman

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 4066

IMDb ID: nm0286025

Known for: Writing

Born: July 23, 1914

Died: June 26, 1984

Age: 69

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1941 - 2000

Years active: 60

Average TMDB rating: 6.35

Wikidata: Q1037848

Also known as

Carl Nathan Foreman

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Screenplay (14)Writer (5)Executive Producer (4)Story (2)Creator (1)Original Film Writer (1)Screenstory (1)

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Biography

Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.

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