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Arthur Penn

Birth Name:
Arthur Hiller Penn
Birth Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Assistant director
Arthur Penn

Fast Facts

  • Contributed to a promotional documentary film about the 1972 Olympics, "Visions of Eight", that would go on to win numerous accolades at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
  • Drafted into the Army at 19, he would only become interested in theater after being stationed in Britain
  • Quote: "Lee Strasberg ruined an entire generation of actors with that 'sense memory' crap․"
  • Quote: "(Regarding the decline of his career in the 1980s) "There hasn't been much of a market for what I can do․ I'm not into outer space epics or youth pictures․""
  • After numerous box office successes, he would move on to the direction of stage production, eventually helming Anne Bancroft's Broadway debut in "Two for the Seesaw"
  • He would get his start in the entertainment industry as a director for numerous television dramas before breaking to film with "The Left Handed Gun" in 1958 and later the Oscar nominated film, "The Miracle Worker" in 1962
  • Occasionally taught film classes at Yale University later in his career

Awards

  • 1958Primetime Emmy - Best Direction - One Hour or More:Nominated
  • 1962OCIC AwardWinner
  • 1963Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1963DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 1965Golden LionNominated
  • 1967NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1968Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1968BAFTA Film Award - Best Film from any Source:Nominated
  • 1968Bodil - Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film):Winner
  • 1968DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 1968Golden Globe - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1968Best Film - International Competition:Winner
  • 1968Critics Grand Prize - Best Film:Winner
  • 1968Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1969Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
  • 1969Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Film Language Director:Winner
  • 1970Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1970WGA Award (Screen) - Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
  • 1971FIPRESCI Prize - Special MentionWinner
  • 1972Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 1987Grand PrizeNominated
  • 1996SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
  • 1996Golden SpikeNominated
  • 2001Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Drama Series:Nominated
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