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.