WRITER · FROM CHICAGO, USA
Carl Foreman
1914–198427 credits since 1941
WarPeriod pieceTenseMelancholicThought provoking
ABOUT CARL
Carl Foreman, CBE was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born23 July 1914
Died26 June 1984
BirthplaceChicago, USA
Known forWriting
On Cineora23 of 27 titles
Known for
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IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 23
- Average IMDb
- 6.7
- Highest rated
- The Bridge on the River KwaiIMDb 8.1
- Working since
- 1941
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The 1980s
1 title · IMDb 4.6 on averageMovieScreenplay
The 1970s
4 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
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The 1960s
5 titles · IMDb 6.9 on averageMovieScreenplay · Producer
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The 1950s
8 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average
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The 1940s
9 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
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Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Carl’s titles.
Dimitri TiomkinComposer · High Noon, The Guns of Navarone and 4 more
William HoldenThe Bridge on the River Kwai, When Time Ran Out... and 1 more
Fred ZinnemannDirector · High Noon, The Men and 1 more
Robert De GrasseCinematographer · The Men, The Clay Pigeon and 1 more
Malcolm ArnoldComposer · The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Key and 1 more
Kirk DouglasChampion and Young Man with a Horn
Gregory PeckThe Guns of Navarone and Mackenna's Gold
