Arthur Penn

• Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Birthday: September 27, 1922

Arthur Penn has proved himself a true triple threat during his career, achieving extraordinary success as a director of live television dramas, Broadway plays and feature films. Like Sidney Lumet and John Frankenheimer, he owes a huge debt to the crucible of TV's "Golden Age", but it is Elia Kazan he resembles most in his sympathy for actors, the flights of fancy he allows and the incredible range of expression he elicits. Penn understands the poetry of close camera work, acknowledging that words are to the theater what actions ar…more