Fred Zinnemann
Alfred Zinnemann was an Austrian-American film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US, where he specialized in shorts before making 25 feature films during his 50-year career.
29 April 1907
Born on the same birth day (29 April): Bob Bryan • Catherine Lara • David Cox (artist) • Dorothy Manley • Henry H. Barschall • James Faulkner (cricketer) • Jean Rochefort • Klaus Rinke • Richard Carlson (actor) • Robert Cushman Murphy • Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech • Sam Jones III • Vladimir Propp • Younha • Zubin Mehta
Born in the same month (April 1907): Augoustinos Kantiotes • August Eigruber • François Duvalier • Gabriel Figueroa • Harald Andersson • Harold Stassen • Ilias Tsirimokos • Lee Miller • Luke Appling • Miklós Rózsa • Paul Douglas (actor) • Robert Askin • Shivakumara Swami • Zawgyi (writer)