
Directing
Born September 4, 1908 · Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'. Although born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco when his Ukrainian parents moved to the United States. At the age of 31, he became a naturalized citizen. His best known films from the pre-McCarthy period of his career were film noirs Crossfire, for which he received a Best Director Oscar nomination, and Murder, My Sweet, the latter an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. In addition, he made two World War II films: Hitler's Children, the story of the Hitler youth and Back to Bataan starring John Wayne. The late 1940's was the time of the Second Red Scare, and Dmytryk was one of many filmmakers investigated. Summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he refused to cooperate and was sent to jail. After spending several months behind bars, Dmytryk made the decision to testify again, and give the names of his fellow members in the American Communist Party as the HUAC had demanded. On April 25, 1951, Dmytryk appeared before HUAC for the second time, answering all questions. He spoke of his own Party past, a very brief membership in 1945, including the naming of twenty-six former members of left-wing groups. He explained how John Howard Lawson, Adrian Scott, Albert Maltz and others had pressured him to include communist propaganda in his films. His testimony damaged several court cases that others of the so-called "Hollywood 10" had filed. He recounted his experiences of the period in his revealing 1996 book, Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten (Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL). For a time, Dmytryk moved to England, and Stanley Kramer hired him to direct a trio of low-budget films before handing Dmytryk The Caine Mutiny. He made films for major studios Columbia, 20th Century Fox, MGM and Paramount Pictures, including, among others, Raintree County, The Left Hand of God, The Young Lions, a remake of the Marlene Dietrich classic The Blue Angel, and The Carpetbaggers. Later into the 60' and 70's, he directed Where Love Has Gone, Anzio, Alvarez Kelly, Shalako, and his final film Bluebeard. The films which he directed featured stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda. After his film career tapered off in the 1970s, he entered academia and taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the University of Southern California. He wrote several books on the art of filmmaking (such as "On Film Editing") and lectured at various colleges and theaters, such as the Orson Welles Cinema. Dmytryk died from heart and kidney failure on 1 July, 1999, aged 90, in Encino, California.

Not Only Strangers
1979

The Human Factor
1975

He Is My Brother
1975

Bluebeard
1972

Shalako
1968

Anzio
1968

Alvarez Kelly
1966

Mirage
1965

Where Love Has Gone
1964

The Carpetbaggers
1964

The Reluctant Saint
1962

Walk on the Wild Side
1962

The Blue Angel
1959

Warlock
1959

The Young Lions
1958

Raintree County
1957

The Mountain
1956

The Left Hand of God
1955

Soldier of Fortune
1955

The End of the Affair
1955

Broken Lance
1954

The Caine Mutiny
1954
Three Lives
1953

The Juggler
1953

Eight Iron Men
1952

The Sniper
1952

Mutiny
1952

Give Us This Day
1949

Obsession
1949

Crossfire
1947

So Well Remembered
1947

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999
Anthony Quinn - A Lust for Life
1998

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996

Inside the Dream Factory
1995

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991

The Hollywood Ten
1950