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Alexander Mackendrick
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1912
- Works
- 2
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential professor at the California Institute of the Arts. Born to Scottish immigrant parents in Boston, he was raised in Glasgow from the age of 6. He began making…
Known for
- Mackendrick on Film — Self2004
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema1995
- Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away — Self1986
- Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios — Interviewee1986
- The Ealing Comedies — Self1970
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29
- Total plays
- 71
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- California Institute of the Arts
- Conflict
- World War II
- Work location
- United States
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- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of birth
- 1912-09-08
- date of death
- 1993-12-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Alexander Mackendrick
- archives at
- Tabakalera
- manner of death
- natural causes
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