Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles, best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur." After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety. Citizen Kane (1941), his first film with RKO, in which he starred in the role of Charles Foster Kane, is often considered the greatest film ever made. Several of his other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1965), and F for Fake (1974), are also widely considered to be masterpieces. In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.
Directed Movies
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Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, John Huston, Lilli Palmer, Mercedes McCambridge, Norman Foster, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Random, Susan Strasberg,
Director: Orson Welles
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Cast: Clifford Irving, David Walsh, Edith Irving, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, Laurence Harvey, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jeremy Rowe, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Michael Aldridge, Orson Welles, Tony Beckley, Walter Chiari,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson, Max Buchsbaum, Max Haufler, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Suzanne Flon,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Charlton Heston, Dennis Weaver, Janet Leigh, Joanna Moore, Joseph Calleia, Mort Mills, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Valentin de Vargas,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Amparo Rivelles, Frédéric O'Brady, Grégoire Aslan, Jack Watling, Michael Redgrave, Mischa Auer, Orson Welles, Patricia Medina, Peter van Eyck,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Doris Dowling, Fay Compton, Hilton Edwards, Joan Fontaine, Michael Laurence, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Nicholas Bruce, Orson Welles, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Alan Napier, Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Erskine Sanford, Jeanette Nolan, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Orson Welles, Peggy Webber, Roddy McDowall,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Carl Frank, Erskine Sanford, Evelyn Ellis, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Gus Schilling, Louis Merrill, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Anthony Veiller,
Cast: Billy House, Byron Keith, David Bond, Edward G. Robinson, Konstantin Shayne, Loretta Young, Martha Wentworth, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Edwin August, Erskine Sanford, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Tim Holt,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Herman J. Mankiewicz,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore, Erskine Sanford, George Coulouris, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ray Collins, Ruth Warrick, William Alland,
Acted Movies
Director: Nelson Shin
Writers: Ron Friedman,
Cast: Casey Kasem, Dan Gilvezan, Eric Idle, Frank Welker, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Orson Welles, Peter Cullen, Scatman Crothers, Susan Blu,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Clifford Irving, David Walsh, Edith Irving, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, Laurence Harvey, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson,
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Writers: H.A.L. Craig,
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Dan O'Herlihy, Gianni Garko, Ivo Garrani, Jack Hawkins, Orson Welles, Philippe Forquet, Rod Steiger, Rupert Davies, Virginia McKenna,
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Writers: Robert Bolt,
Cast: Colin Blakely, Corin Redgrave, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport, Orson Welles, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Susannah York, Wendy Hiller,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jeremy Rowe, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Michael Aldridge, Orson Welles, Tony Beckley, Walter Chiari,
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writers: Terence Rattigan,
Cast: Dennis Price, Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Martinelli, Linda Christian, Louis Jourdan, Maggie Smith, Margaret Rutherford, Orson Welles, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson, Max Buchsbaum, Max Haufler, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Suzanne Flon,
Director: Richard Fleischer
Writers: Richard Murphy,
Cast: Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Orson Welles, Richard Anderson, Robert Burton, Robert F. Simon, Wilton Graff,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Charlton Heston, Dennis Weaver, Janet Leigh, Joanna Moore, Joseph Calleia, Mort Mills, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Valentin de Vargas,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Amparo Rivelles, Frédéric O'Brady, Grégoire Aslan, Jack Watling, Michael Redgrave, Mischa Auer, Orson Welles, Patricia Medina, Peter van Eyck,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Doris Dowling, Fay Compton, Hilton Edwards, Joan Fontaine, Michael Laurence, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Nicholas Bruce, Orson Welles, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier,
Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Graham Greene,
Cast: Alida Valli, Bernard Lee, Erich Ponto, Ernst Deutsch, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Hörbiger, Siegfried Breuer, Trevor Howard,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Alan Napier, Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Erskine Sanford, Jeanette Nolan, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Orson Welles, Peggy Webber, Roddy McDowall,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Carl Frank, Erskine Sanford, Evelyn Ellis, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Gus Schilling, Louis Merrill, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Anthony Veiller,
Cast: Billy House, Byron Keith, David Bond, Edward G. Robinson, Konstantin Shayne, Loretta Young, Martha Wentworth, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long,
Director: Robert Stevenson
Writers: Robert Stevenson,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Henry Daniell, Joan Fontaine, John Sutton, Margaret O'Brien, Orson Welles, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Edwin August, Erskine Sanford, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Tim Holt,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Herman J. Mankiewicz,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore, Erskine Sanford, George Coulouris, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ray Collins, Ruth Warrick, William Alland,
Written Movies
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Clifford Irving, David Walsh, Edith Irving, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, Laurence Harvey, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jeremy Rowe, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Michael Aldridge, Orson Welles, Tony Beckley, Walter Chiari,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Madeleine Robinson, Max Buchsbaum, Max Haufler, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Suzanne Flon,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Charlton Heston, Dennis Weaver, Janet Leigh, Joanna Moore, Joseph Calleia, Mort Mills, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Valentin de Vargas,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Amparo Rivelles, Frédéric O'Brady, Grégoire Aslan, Jack Watling, Michael Redgrave, Mischa Auer, Orson Welles, Patricia Medina, Peter van Eyck,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Doris Dowling, Fay Compton, Hilton Edwards, Joan Fontaine, Michael Laurence, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Nicholas Bruce, Orson Welles, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Alan Napier, Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Erskine Sanford, Jeanette Nolan, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Orson Welles, Peggy Webber, Roddy McDowall,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Carl Frank, Erskine Sanford, Evelyn Ellis, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Gus Schilling, Louis Merrill, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Edwin August, Erskine Sanford, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Tim Holt,