!!!Preminger, Otto Ludwig

b. Vienna, Dec. 5, 1906, 
d. New York (USA), April 23, 1986, film director and producer. 1923 
actor and assistant director under M.  Reinhardt (Salzburg Festival). 
Started with engagements at touring companies, worked his way up to 
the Volksoper in Vienna (1929-1931) and the Theater in der Josefstadt 
(manager 1933-1935). 1935 emigrated to the USA, theatre director in 
New York, assistant to E. Lubitsch, then film director and producer in 
Hollywood; from 1941 under contract to 20th Century Fox, one of the 
most important directors in Hollywood; later worked again for the 
theatre (Broadway).

!Works
direction: Die grosse Liebe, 1931/32; Laura, 1944; River of No 
Return, 1954; Carmen Jones, 1954; Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm, 1955; 
Bonjour tristesse, 1957; Porgy and Bess, 1959; Exodus, 1960.

!Literature
N. Grob (ed.), O. P., 1999.



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