Born: Mary 2, 1914, New York City, New York.
1957: Edge of the City, No Down Payment
1958: The Long Hot Summer, The Black Orchid
1959: The Sound and the Fury
1960: 5 Branded Women
1961: Paris Blues
1962: Adventures of a Young Man
1963: Hud (Oscar Nomination: Best Director)
1964: The Outrage
1965: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
1967: Hombre
1968: The Brotherhood
1970: The Molly Maguires, The Great White Hope
1972: Sounder, Pete ‘N’ Tillie
1974: Conrack
1976: The Front
1978: Casey’s Shadow
1979: Norma Rae
1981: Back Roads
1983: Cross Creek
1985: Murphy’s Romance
1987: Nuts
1990: Stanley & Iris
Died: December 8, 1990, Santa Monica, California.