Robert Aldrich Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1955 for his film "The Big Knife․"
• Winner of the Pasinetti Award in 1956 at the Venice Film Festival for his film "Attack․"
• Winner of the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1956 for his film "Autumn Leaves․"
• Has directed five actors in Oscar-nominated performances, including Victor Buono, Bette Davis, Agnes Moorehead, Ian Bannen and John Cassavetes
• Winner of a Hochi Film Award in 1982 for his film "․․․All the Marbles․"
• Got his start in the film industry when he obtained a job as a production clerk at RKO Pictures in 1941
• Quote: "A director is a ringmaster, a psychiatrist and a referee․"
• A large majority of his films contained a subversive undertone
• A former president of the Directors Guild of America
• Two of his films, "Vera Cruz" and "Kiss Me Deadly," are among the most influential films of the 1950s