Biography
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian theatre and film director. After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were th...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger
2022
as Himself
Otto Preminger wasn't only one of the most famous directors of classic Hollywood. He was a presence, a brand, and the only one who rivaled Hitchcock a...

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

The Human Factor
1979
Director, Producer
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

The Hobbit
1977
as Elvenking (voice)
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole gro...
Die Titelmacher
1976
as Self

Rickles
1975
Various comedy sketches with the Master of Insults, Don Rickles.

Rosebud
1975
Director, Producer
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film c...

Such Good Friends
1971
Director, Producer
Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As s...

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Director, Producer
The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the ...

Skidoo
1968
Director, Producer
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, Go...

Hurry Sundown
1967
Director, Producer
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
Director, Producer
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

In Harm's Way
1965
Director, Producer
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
The Making of A Movie
1965
as Himself
The Making of In Harm's Way (1965)

The Cardinal
1963
Director, Producer
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Advise & Consent
1962
Director, Producer
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired b...

Exodus
1960
Director, Producer
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyp...

Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Director, Producer
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. ...

Porgy and Bess
1959
Director
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy...

Bonjour Tristesse
1958
Director, Producer
A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to ...

Saint Joan
1957
Director, Producer
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc...

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Director
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial figh...

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Director, Producer
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old d...

Carmen Jones
1954
Director, Producer
At an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engag...

River of No Return
1954
Director
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

The Girl on The Roof
1953
as Voice
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Emp...

The Girl on The Roof
1953
Director
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Emp...

The Moon Is Blue
1953
Director, Producer
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedd...

Stalag 17
1953
as Oberst von Scherbach
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seem...

Angel Face
1953
Director, Producer
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

The 13th Letter
1951
Director, Producer
A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Director, Producer
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Whirlpool
1950
Director, Producer
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients...

The Fan
1949
Director, Producer
Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he ...

That Lady in Ermine
1948
Director
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, w...

Daisy Kenyon
1947
Director, Producer
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara....

Forever Amber
1947
Director
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavalie...

Centennial Summer
1946
Director, Producer
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial expositio...

Fallen Angel
1945
Director, Producer
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely wa...

Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
as General Rahl (uncredited)
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bi...

A Royal Scandal
1945
Director
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

Laura
1944
Director, Producer
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

In the Meantime, Darling
1944
Director
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways...

They Got Me Covered
1943
as Fauscheim
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is ...

Margin for Error
1943
as Karl Baumer
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of ...

Margin for Error
1943
Director
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of ...

The Pied Piper
1942
as Major Diessen
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded ...

Kidnapped
1938
Co-Director
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

Danger – Love at Work
1937
Director
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.

Under Your Spell
1936
Director
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.

The Great Love
1931
Director, Producer
Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who...