Arthur Penn
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a Tony Award winner, and was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmys. As a member of the New Hollywood movement, Penn directed several critically-acclaimed films dealing with countercultural issues of the late 1960's and 1970's, notably the drama The Chase (1966), the biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969), and the revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970).
Arthur Penn | |
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Penn at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Born | Arthur Hiller Penn September 27, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 28, 2010 (aged 88) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer |
| Spouse |
Peggy Maurer (m. 1955) |
| Children | 2, including Matthew |
| Family | Irving Penn (elder brother) |
Penn was nominated for three Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play, winning in 1959 for The Miracle Worker, a play based on the childhood of Helen Keller. He received his first Oscar nomination for directing the 1962 film version. His other notable films included the neo-noir Night Moves (1975) and the revisionist Western The Missouri Breaks (1976). In the 1990's, he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the crime series Law & Order.
By his death in 2010, Penn was the recipient of several honorary accolades, including an Honorary Golden Bear, a Tony Award, and an Akira Kurosawa Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival.