Carol Reed

30 films · 1936 to 1968

Born 30 December 1906, Putney · Died 26 April 1976

Sir Carol Reed was an English film director and producer. Considered one of the foremost British filmmakers of the post-World War II era, he achieved prominence in the late 1940s for his film noir thrillers Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The Fallen Idol won the second BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of the 20th century. Reed's subsequent work crossed a variety of genres, including the Cold War satire Our Man in Havana (1959), the Michelangelo biopic The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), and the musical Oliver! (1968). The latter film earned Reed the Academy Award for Best Director, with two previous nominations for The Fallen Idol and The Third Man.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Critical context from Senses of Cinema