Orson Welles

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American film actor film director human producer radio actor screenwriter stage actor theatre director

Orson Welles was an American filmmaker, actor, and writer renowned for his innovative storytelling and cinematic techniques, most famously showcased in the landmark film "Citizen Kane."

Aliases (2)

Welles ×2
George Orson Welles ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → film actor → film director → human → producer → radio actor → screenwriter → stage actor → theatre director →
activeYearsEnd	1985 →
activeYearsStart	1930 →
awardReceived	AFI Life Achievement Award → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Palme d'Or (honorary) →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1915-05-06 →
dateOfDeath	1985-10-10 →
directed	Chimes at Midnight → Citizen Kane → F for Fake → The Lady from Shanghai → The Magnificent Ambersons → Touch of Evil →
familyName	Welles →
fullName	George Orson Welles →
genre	documentary essay film → drama → film noir →
givenName	George → Orson →
influenced	New Hollywood filmmakers → film noir aesthetics →
influencedBy	William Shakespeare → stage and radio drama →
knownFor	deep focus cinematography in Citizen Kane → innovative cinematic techniques → nonlinear storytelling → pioneering use of sound in film and radio →
languageSpoken	English →
notableWork	Chimes at Midnight → Citizen Kane → F for Fake → The Lady from Shanghai → The Magnificent Ambersons → The War of the Worlds (radio drama) → Touch of Evil →
occupation	actor → film director → producer → radio personality → screenwriter → stage director →
placeOfBirth	Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
spouse	Paola Mori → Rita Hayworth → Virginia Nicolson →
starredIn	Chimes at Midnight → Citizen Kane → The Lady from Shanghai → The Third Man → Touch of Evil →
wrote	Chimes at Midnight → Citizen Kane →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Herrmann → Gregg Toland → Herman J. Mankiewicz → Joseph Cotten → RKO Radio Pictures → Rita Hayworth →	collaboratedWith
D. W. Griffith → Gregg Toland → John Ford → John Ford → Sergei Eisenstein →	influenced
Charles Foster Kane → Jedediah Leland → Mr. Bernstein → Walter Parks Thatcher →	createdBy
Mr. Bernstein → The Cradle Will Rock → Voodoo Macbeth →	associatedWith
Agnes Moorehead → George Coulouris → John Houseman →	workedWith
Citizen Kane → Voodoo Macbeth →	director
Orson Welles ("Welles") → Sumner Welles ("Welles") →	familyName
Peter Bogdanovich → Wes Anderson →	influencedBy
Charles Foster Kane → Moby Dick (1956 film) →	portrayedBy
Mercury Theatre →	artisticDirector
John Houseman →	coFounderWith
Mercury Theatre →	creativeDirector
The Cradle Will Rock →	directorOfNotableProduction
Jedediah Leland →	filmDirectedBy
Mercury Theatre →	foundedBy
Orson Welles ("George Orson Welles") →	fullName
Voodoo Macbeth →	hasDirector
George Eastman Award →	hasRecipient
Mercury Theatre →	notableMember
AFI Life Achievement Award →	notableRecipient
Citizen Kane →	producer
The War of the Worlds →	radioAdaptationDirector
Citizen Kane →	screenwriter
Federal Theatre Project →	significantPerson
Rita Hayworth →	spouse
Moby Dick (1956 film) →	starred
Citizen Kane →	starring