Anatole Litvak Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Award for "Goodbye Again" in 1961
• Was nominated for two Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for "The Snake Pit" in 1949 and "Decision Before Dawn" in 1952
• Won a Bodil Award for Best American Film for "The Snake Pit" in 1950
• Won a Venice Film Festival International Award for "The Snake Pit" in 1949
• The success of his film "Mayerling" in 1936 enabled him to move to Hollywood, and he later became a U․S․ citizen in 1940
• Began working as a director in 1923, when he joined Nordkino Studios to direct short features
• Started out as an experimental theatre actor in Saint Petersburg as a teenager
• Best known as the director of "The Snake Pit," "The Battle of Russia," and "Anastasia․"