Maxwell Shane
Maxwell Shane | |
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Born | Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | August 26, 1905
Died | October 25, 1983 | (aged 78)
Years active | 1946-1968 |
Maxwell Shane (August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983) was an American movie and television director, screenwriter, and producer.[1]
Biography
Before embarking in a career in show business, Shane studied law at USC and UCLA law schools. He later became a journalist and moved on to become a Hollywood publicist. Along with David Hillman (father of musician Chris Hillman), he founded the Hillman-Shane Advertising Agency, in Los Angeles.[2] Shane later became a screenwriter. Most of his early work was for forgettable low-budget films. Becoming a director in 1947, he worked on noirish films, as a writer or director, like Hell's Island, Fear in the Night and the remake Nightmare. Shane scripted City Across the River, the 1949 film of Irving Shulman's The Amboy Dukes, and directed 1955's The Naked Street, starring Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft.
In 1960, he became a writer-producer for the Boris Karloff anthology television series Thriller.
Awards
Year | Result | Award | Category | Film or series |
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1953 | Won | Locarno International Film Festival | Artistic quality | The Glass Wall (Tied with Julius Caesar and Kompozitor Glinka |
References
- ^ "Maxwell Shane". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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