Otto Preminger

Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian American theatre and film director. He is known for directing overfeature films in a fivedecade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel , while in the 1950s and 60s, he directed a number of highprofile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction , rape and homosexuality . He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He also had a few acting roles.

Preminger was born in 1905 in Wiznitz, Bukovina , AustroHungarian Empire , into a Jewish family. His parents were Josefa and Markus Preminger born in 1877 in Czernowitz , capital of Bukovina east of Wiznitz. As an Attorney General of AustriaHungary, Markus was a proud public prosecutor on the verge of an extraordinary career defending the interests of the Emperor Franz Josef. The couple provided a stable home life for Preminger and his younger brother Ingo Preminger, later the producer of the original film version of MASH . Otto recalled

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