---
name: "Joseph Strick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-strick"
fi1m_id: "joseph-strick"
imdb_id: "nm0834334"
tmdb_id: 229373
wikidata_id: "Q40701"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 July 1923"
died: "2 June 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:43:32.674321+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Strick

## Identity

Joseph Strick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-strick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-strick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0834334
- **TMDB ID:** 229373
- **Wikidata ID:** Q40701
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Strick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229373

Producer. Born 6 July 1923 in Braddock. Died 2 June 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 July 1923, Braddock
- **Died:** 2 June 2010
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Strick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229373

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Never Cry Wolf*](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md) (79)

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## Biography

Joseph Strick (1923–2010) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, he served as a cameraman in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War. After the war he began his career with the short documentary *Muscle Beach* (1948), co-directed with Irving Lerner.

Strick directed and produced literary adaptations including *The Balcony* (1963), *Ulysses* (1967), *Tropic of Cancer* (1970) and *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* (1977). He produced the experimental documentary *The Savage Eye* (1960) and the feature *Never Cry Wolf* (1983). His short documentary *Interviews with My Lai Veterans* (1970) won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. He also directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Never Cry Wolf* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/never-cry-wolf.md)
- *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* (1977), Producer, Director
- *Road Movie* (1974), Director, Story
- *The Darwin Adventure* (1972), Producer
- *Interviews with My Lai Veterans* (1971), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Tropic of Cancer* (1970), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Ring of Bright Water* (1969), Producer
- *The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle* (1967), Associate Producer
- *Ulysses* (1967), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Hecklers* (1967), Director
- *An Affair of the Skin* (1963), Associate Producer
- *The Balcony* (1963), Director, Producer
- *The Savage Eye* (1960), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Big Break* (1953), Director, Producer
- *Muscle Beach* (1948), Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1971: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (won), for *Interviews with My Lai Veterans*
- 1968: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Ulysses*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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