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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Directing
Born: May 06, 1915 — Died: Oct 10, 1985
From: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) 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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
The Deep Russ Brewer 2007 7.0
According to Occam's Razor 1999 9.0
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Self 1997
Don Quixote Self 1992 6.167
Welles' Language Self (archive footage) 1990 7.333
The Transformers: The Movie Unicron (voice) 1986 7.124
History of the World: Part I Narrator (voice) 1981 6.8
And Then There Were None Voice on Tape 1974 5.69
Treasure Island Long John Silver 1972 5.921
Catch-22 Brigadier General Dreedle 1970 6.671
Waterloo Louis XVIII 1970 7.108
Twelve Plus One Markan 1969 5.29
The Battle of Neretva Četnik 1969 6.804
House of Cards Leschenhaut 1968 4.933
Casino Royale Le Chiffre 1967 5.256
A Man for All Seasons Cardinal Wolsey 1966 7.351
Is Paris Burning? Konsul Nordling 1966 7.187
Chimes at Midnight Falstaff 1965 7.212
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees Self - Narrator (voice) 1965
The Trial Albert Hastler 1962 7.41
Touch of Evil Police Captain Hank Quinlan 1958 7.749
Moby Dick Father Mapple 1956 7.057
The Third Man Harry Lime 1949 7.899
The Lady from Shanghai Michael O'Hara 1947 7.355
The Stranger Prof. Charles Rankin 1946 7.219
Follow the Boys Orson Welles (uncredited) 1944 5.727
Journey into Fear Colonel Haki 1943 6.074
Jane Eyre Edward Rochester 1943 6.92
The Magnificent Ambersons Narrator (voice) 1942 7.338
Citizen Kane Charles Foster Kane 1941 7.977
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits30
Born1915
FromKenosha, Wisconsin, USA