Fred Zinnemann

Alfred “Fred” Zinnemann (born in Vienna, Austria, April 29, 1907, died March 14, 1997) directed movies like High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper, From Here to Eternity (1953) with Burt Lancaster, Oklahoma! (1955), A Hatful of Rain (1957), The Nun’s Story (1959) with Audrey Hepburn, The Sundowners (1960) with Robert Mitchum, A Man for All Seasons (1966) with Paul Scofield and Thomas Moore, The Day of the Jackal (1973), Julia (1977) with Jane Fonda as Lillian Hellman, Five Days One Summer (1982) with Sean Connery.

Read Fred Zinnemann’s Autobiography: The Glistening Film Machine, by Jean-Paul Chaillet.

Golden Globe Awards

1978 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Julia
- Fred Zinnemann
1974 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Day of the Jackal, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1967 Winner

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Man for All Seasons, A
- Fred Zinnemann
1961 Winner

Special Achievement Award
- Sundowners, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1961 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Sundowners, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1960 Winner

Special Achievement Award
- Nun's Story, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1960 Nominee

Promoting International Understanding
- Nun's Story, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1960 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Nun's Story, The
- Fred Zinnemann
1958 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Hatful of Rain, A
- Fred Zinnemann
1954 Winner

Best Director - Motion Picture
- From Here to Eternity
- Fred Zinnemann
1949 Winner

Promoting International Understanding
- The Search
- Fred Zinnemann