Arthur Penn

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Arthur Penn was an influential American film director whose innovative, character-driven works like "Bonnie and Clyde" helped define the New Hollywood era.

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instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
television director
theatre director
activeYearsInFilm 1950s–1990s
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director nomination
Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-09-27
dateOfDeath 2010-09-28
directed Alice's Restaurant
Bonnie and Clyde
Dead of Winter
Four Friends
Little Big Man
Mickey One
Night Moves
Target
The Chase
The Left Handed Gun
The Miracle Worker
The Missouri Breaks
directedTelevision Playhouse 90
The Philco Television Playhouse
The United States Steel Hour
educatedAt Black Mountain College
The New School
familyName Penn
fullName Arthur Hiller Penn
genre crime film
drama film
givenName Arthur
influenced American crime cinema
New Hollywood filmmakers
memberOf Actors Studio
movement New Hollywood
notableFor innovative, character-driven filmmaking
notableWork Alice's Restaurant
Bonnie and Clyde
Little Big Man
Night Moves
The Miracle Worker
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
television director
theatre director
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld president of the Actors Studio
servedIn United States Army
sibling Irving Penn
spouse Peggy Maurer

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Bonnie and Clyde
director
Arthur Penn ("Arthur Hiller Penn")
fullName
New Hollywood
notableDirector

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