Martin Ritt
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1914-03-02 ) March 2, 1914, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- December 8, 1990 (1990-12-08) (aged 76), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Director producer actor
- Years active
- 1950–1990
- Spouse
- Adele Ritt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Martin Ritt (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1914-03-02
- date of death
- 1999-12-08
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Martin Ritt
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Martin Ritt
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre, and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative."
Ritt was an actor-turned-director with the Federal Theater Project and Group Theatre, becoming assistant to Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. After a promising television directing career was cut short by the Second Red Scare, Ritt made his first film, Edge of the City (1957). His 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, based on the works of William Faulkner, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the first of three times the director would be nominated for the honor.
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