Carol Reed

Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English movie director and producer. He was best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968).^[1] He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!. He was born in London, England.^[2]

Reed died on 25 April 1976 in London from a heart attack at the age of 69.^[3]

1. ↑ Malcolm, Derek (16 March 2000). "Carol Reed: The Third Man". The Guardian. Carol Reed directed films for 40 years, but his golden period was brief. It covered three years in the late '40s when he made Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. These three films alone put him in the forefront of British directors of the period, and the last-named, his second collaboration with Graham Greene, is probably the best film noir ever made out of Britain.
2. ↑ Philip Kemp "Reed, Carol (1906–1976)", Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Director, reprinted at BFI Screenonline. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has Wandsworth, London as Reed's place of birth.
3. ↑ Trevor Hogg "A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 1)", Flickering Myth, 21 October 2009