Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian American theatre and film director. He is known for directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Lauraand Fallen Angel, while in the 1950s and '60s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood,...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 December 1905
CountryAustria
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.
I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to look at my old pictures and to discuss them.
I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.