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FILM DIRECTOR

Martin Ritt

1914 - 1990

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Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative." Ritt was an actor-turned-director with the Federal Theater Project and Group Theatre, becoming assistant to Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. After a promising television directing career was cut short by the Second Red Scare, Ritt made his first film Edge of the City (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Ritt has received more than 437,251 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Martin Ritt is the 502nd most popular film director (down from 458th in 2019), the 3,228th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,974th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 27

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Martin Ritt ranks 502 out of 1,581. Before him are Richard Lester, Ernst Marischka, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Arthur Hiller, Mauro Bolognini, and Abel Ferrara. After him are Taylor Hackford, Chuck Lorre, George P. Cosmatos, Grigori Aleksandrov, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Glauber Rocha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Martin Ritt ranks 129. Before him are Joe Shuster, Baba Amte, Howard Fast, Sun Ra, Kenny Clarke, and Yahya Khan. After him are Taisen Deshimaru, Jens Otto Krag, Budd Schulberg, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Lakshmi Sahgal, and Brunó Ferenc Straub. Among people deceased in 1990, Martin Ritt ranks 97. Before him are Horst Sindermann, Stefano Casiraghi, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Wolfgang Schmieder, George de Mestral, and Naoto Tajima. After him are Del Shannon, Irene Dunne, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Carlos Peucelle, Gordon Bunshaft, and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 3,228 out of 18,182. Before him are Orson Bean (1928), James Forrestal (1892), William A. Wheeler (1819), Fred Brooks (1931), Abel Ferrara (1951), and Robert Sean Leonard (1969). After him are John Zerzan (1943), Warner Baxter (1889), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), Del Shannon (1934), and Horace Silver (1928).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 130. Before him are John Hughes (1950), John Waters (1946), Hal Ashby (1929), Adam McKay (1968), Richard Lester (1932), and Abel Ferrara (1951). After him are Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Tom Holland (1943), Don Bluth (1937), and Frederick Wiseman (1930).

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Filmography

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