Biography
Edward Dmytryk (4 September 1908 – 1 July 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He began his career in the editing department at Paramount studios in the late 1920s and edited Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) before making his directorial debut the same year with the low-budget western The Hawk.
Dmytryk directed several notable films in the 1940s, including the film noirs Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Crossfire (1947), the latter earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947; he served a prison sentence and testified again in 1951, naming others.
Later credits include The Caine Mutiny (1954), The Young Lions (1958) and Mirage (1965). He also taught film at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California.
