Nephew of John D. Rockefeller Jr., grandson of Nelson Aldrich. Father of director Adell Aldrich Father of William Aldrich. President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA). [1975-1979] Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 8-14. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Victor Buono, Bette Davis, Agnes Moorehead, Ian Bannen and John Cassavetes. Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1959 Interviewed in Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard...[more]
Nephew of John D. Rockefeller Jr., grandson of Nelson Aldrich. Father of director Adell Aldrich Father of William Aldrich. President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA). [1975-1979] Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 8-14. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Victor Buono, Bette Davis, Agnes Moorehead, Ian Bannen and John Cassavetes. Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1959 Interviewed in Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashlin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh." NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. [less]
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