Vincent Sherman
Birth Name:
Abraham Orovitz
Birth Place:
Vienna, Georgia, United States
Profession
Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- Graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta in 1925
- Began his career as an extra for stage productions at the Theater Guild in New York
- Made his directorial debut with the horror film "The Return of Dr․ X" starring Humphrey Bogart
- Started out as a character actor in films like "Midnight Alibi" and "Hell Bent for Love" before signing with Warner Brothers as a screenwriter and director in 1937
- After being "gray-listed" by the Hollywood film studios in the late 1950s, he began working as a television director
- Best known as the director of the films "Mr․ Skeffington," "Nora Prentiss," and "The Young Philadelphians․"
- Worked with several notable actresses in the 1940s and 50s, most notably Joan Crawford in films like "Harriet Craig," "The Damned Don't Cry," and "Goodbye, My Fancy․"
- Published his autobiography, "Studio Affairs: My Life as a Film Director," in 1996