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Born	August 9, 1918 • Cranston • Rhode Island
Died	December 5, 1983 (aged 65) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“The Angry Hills” • “Apache” • “Attack!” • “Big Leaguer” • “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte” • “Kiss Me Deadly” • “Ten Seconds to Hell” • “The Big Knife” • “The Dirty Dozen” • “The Frisco Kid” • “The Grissom Gang” • “The Killing of Sister George” • “The Longest Yard” • “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”

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Harold Ramis

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Judith Malina

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Michael Cimino

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Joel Coen

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Jesse Lasky

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Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

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Vincente Minnelli

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Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

American film director

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

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William Wyler

William Wyler

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filming of Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks

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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

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