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Don Siegel

  • Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  • Birthday: October 26, 1912

Former actor who joined Warner Bros. in 1933 as an assistant film librarian and worked his way up to head of the montage department. Siegel directed shorts in the 1940s, notably the Oscar-winning "Star in the Night" (2-reel) and "Hitler Lives?" (documentary), both in 1945. He made his feature debut the following year with "The Verdict".

By the late 1950s Siegel had established himself as an inspired orchestrator of tense, action-packed "B" thrillers, including the controversially violent "Riot in C…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1982

    Suffered a heart attack during the filming of "Jinxed" and his former assistant director on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Sam Peckinpah directed some of the film without credit

  • 1980

    Subject of a Dutch TV documentary, "Don Siegel--Last of the Independents"

  • 1971

    First film as actor only, "Play Misty for Me"

  • 1965

    Directed first TV movie, "The Hanged Man"

  • 1959

    First film as producer, "Edge of Eternity" (also director and first cameo appearance)

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Awards

  • 1988

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award:

  • 1945

    Oscar: Best Documentary Short Subject

  • 1945

    Oscar: Best Short Subject (2-reel)

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