Otto Preminger

Otto Preminger

1905-12-05 Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary 51 Credits

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...

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The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger

The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger

2022

as Himself

Acting

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

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

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

The Human Factor

1979

Director, Producer

5.9
Directing Producing

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

1977

as Elvenking (voice)

6.5
Acting

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

Acting
Rickles

Rickles

1975

Acting

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

Rosebud

Rosebud

1975

Director, Producer

4.9
Directing Producing

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

Such Good Friends

1971

Director, Producer

4.9
Directing Producing

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

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

1970

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the ...

Skidoo

Skidoo

1968

Director, Producer

4.8
Directing Producing

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

Hurry Sundown

1967

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

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

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way

1965

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

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

Acting

The Making of In Harm's Way (1965)

The Cardinal

The Cardinal

1963

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

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

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

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

Exodus

1960

Director, Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

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

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

Director, Producer

7.9
Directing Producing

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

Porgy and Bess

1959

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

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

Saint Joan

1957

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

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

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

Director

6.8
Directing

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

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

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

Carmen Jones

1954

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

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

River of No Return

1954

Director

6.7
Directing

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

The Girl on The Roof

The Girl on The Roof

1953

as Voice

4.4
Acting

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

The Girl on The Roof

1953

Director

4.4
Directing

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

The Moon Is Blue

1953

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

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

Stalag 17

1953

as Oberst von Scherbach

7.7
Acting

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

Angel Face

1953

Director, Producer

7.1
Directing Producing

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

The 13th Letter

The 13th Letter

1951

Director, Producer

5.5
Directing Producing

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

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

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

The Fan

1949

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

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

That Lady in Ermine

1948

Director

5.8
Directing

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

Daisy Kenyon

1947

Director, Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

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

Forever Amber

1947

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Centennial Summer

1946

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

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

Fallen Angel

1945

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

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?

Where Do We Go from Here?

1945

as General Rahl (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

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

A Royal Scandal

1945

Director

6.9
Directing

Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

Laura

Laura

1944

Director, Producer

7.6
Directing Producing

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

In the Meantime, Darling

In the Meantime, Darling

1944

Director

5.0
Directing

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

They Got Me Covered

1943

as Fauscheim

5.9
Acting

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

Margin for Error

1943

as Karl Baumer

5.7
Acting

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

Margin for Error

1943

Director

5.7
Directing

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

The Pied Piper

1942

as Major Diessen

6.8
Acting

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

Kidnapped

1938

Co-Director

4.7
Directing

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

Danger – Love at Work

Danger – Love at Work

1937

Director

7.3
Directing

A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.

Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

1936

Director

7.0
Directing

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

The Great Love

1931

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

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...