
Edward Dmytryk
Biography
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.
Although born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco when his Ukrainian parents moved to the United States. At the age of 31, he became a naturalized citizen.
His best known films from the pre-McCarthy period of his career were film noirs Crossfire, for which he received a Best Director Oscar nomination, and Murder, My Sweet, the latter an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. In addition, he made two World War II films: Hitler's Children, the story of the Hitler youth and Back to Bataan starring John Wayne.
The late 1940's was the time of the Second Red Scare, and Dmytryk was one of many filmmakers investigated. Summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he refused to cooperate and was sent to jail. After spending several months behind bars, Dmytryk made the decision to testify again, and give the names of his fellow members in the American Communist Party as the HUAC had demanded. On April 25, 1951, Dmytryk appeared before HUAC for the second time, answering all questions. He spoke of his own Party past, a very brief membership in 1945, including the naming of twenty-six former members of left-wing groups. He explained how John Howard Lawson, Adrian Scott, Albert Maltz and others had pressured him to include communist propaganda in his films. His testimony damaged several court cases that others of the so-called "Hollywood 10" had filed. He recounted his experiences of the period in his revealing 1996 book, Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten (Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL).
For a time, Dmytryk moved to England, and Stanley Kramer hired him to direct a trio of low-budget films before handing Dmytryk The Caine Mutiny. He made films for major studios Columbia, 20th Century Fox, MGM and Paramount Pictures, including, among others, Raintree County, The Left Hand of God, The Young Lions, a remake of the Marlene Dietrich classic The Blue Angel, and The Carpetbaggers. Later into the 60' and 70's, he directed Where Love Has Gone, Anzio, Alvarez Kelly, Shalako, and his final film Bluebeard. The films which he directed featured stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.
After his film career tapered off in the 1970s, he entered academia and taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the University of Southern California. He wrote several books on the art of filmmaking (such as "On Film Editing") and lectured at various colleges and theaters, such as the Orson Welles Cinema. Dmytryk died from heart and kidney failure on 1 July, 1999, aged 90, in Encino, California.
Acting (12 movies)

The Hollywood Ten
1950

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997

Inside the Dream Factory
1995

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Directing (55 movies)

Murder, My Sweet
1944

The Caine Mutiny
1954

The Devil Commands
1941

The Human Factor
1975

Bluebeard
1972

The Sniper
1952

Crossfire
1947

Anzio
1968

The Young Lions
1958

Obsession
1949

Cornered
1945

Broken Lance
1954

Walk on the Wild Side
1962

The Carpetbaggers
1964

Alvarez Kelly
1966

Warlock
1959

Soldier of Fortune
1955

The Left Hand of God
1955

Shalako
1968

Raintree County
1957

The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
Three Lives
1953

Back to Bataan
1945

Where Love Has Gone
1964

Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941

Mirage
1965

Captive Wild Woman
1943

Give Us This Day
1949

The Mountain
1956

Counter-Espionage
1942

Tender Comrade
1944

The End of the Affair
1955

Till the End of Time
1946

Hitler's Children
1943

Golden Gloves
1940

The Hawk
1935

Seven Miles from Alcatraz
1942

The Reluctant Saint
1962

Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941

Behind the Rising Sun
1943

Eight Iron Men
1952

Mystery Sea Raider
1940

Television Spy
1939

Mutiny
1952

So Well Remembered
1947

He Is My Brother
1975

The Blue Angel
1959

The Juggler
1953

Sweetheart of the Campus
1941

Her First Romance
1940

Emergency Squad
1940

Million Dollar Legs
1939

The Blonde from Singapore
1941

Under Age
1941

Not Only Strangers
1979
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Behind the Rising Sun | 1943 | Producer |
| The Mountain | 1956 | Producer |
| Warlock | 1959 | Producer |
| The Reluctant Saint | 1962 | Producer |
| Bluebeard | 1972 | Writer |