noun
United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)
• Syn: ↑Zinnemann
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑film maker, ↑filmmaker, ↑film producer, ↑movie maker
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(1907–97) a US film ↑director who won ↑Oscars for ↑From Here to Eternity (1953) and A Man for All Seasons (1966) but not for his best-known film, High Noon (1952). He was born in Austria and went to ↑Hollywood in 1929. His other films include ↑Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun’s Story (1959) and The Day of the Jackal (1973).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.