Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman | |
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 Carl Foreman in 1961 | |
| Born | July 23, 1914 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 1984 (aged 69) |
| Other name | Derek Frye |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, film producer |
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| Children | 3, including Jonathan and Amanda |
Carl Foreman CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party, and subsequently relocated to the United Kingdom. He was nominated for six Academy Awards (five for writing and one for producing), and posthumously received Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
Foreman was also nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best British Screenplay, and a Golden Globe Award for his work on High Noon (1952). His other notable works included Champion (1949), Home of the Brave (1949), The Men (1950), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), The Key (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Born Free (1966), Young Winston (1972), and his only directorial effort The Victors (1963).
He once said his most common theme was "the struggle of the individual against a society that for one reason or another is hostile." Foreman elaborated that "the stories that work best for me involve a loner, out of step or in direct conflict with a group of people."