Arthur Penn
Born	September 27, 1922 (1922-09-27) (age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse(s)	Peggy Maurer (1955-)
Awards won Tony Awards Best Direction of a Play 1960 The Miracle Worker Other Awards Honorary Golden Berlin Bear 2007 Lifetime Achievement

Arthur Hiller Penn (born September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a film director and producer. Although best known as the director of the iconic Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn amassed a critically acclaimed body of work though the 1960s and '70s, keenly focusing on leftist themes relevant to the times. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League [1] at an annual ceremony in New York City. ... The Tony Award for Best Direction has been given since 1947. ... The Miracle Worker is a cycle of 20th century dramatic works derived from Helen Kellers autobiography The Story of My Life. ... One of the A festivals in Europe. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova on the set of War Brides, 1916 A director is a person who directs the making of a film. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... Bonnie and Clyde is an Academy Award winning 1967 film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who roamed the central United States during the Great Depression. ...

Career

After making a name for himself as a director of quality television dramas, Penn made his feature debut with a Western, The Left Handed Gun (1958). A re-telling of the Billy the Kid legend, it was notable for its sharp portrayal of the outlaw (played by Paul Newman) as a psychologically troubled youth (the role was originally intended for the archetypal troubled teen James Dean). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 film starring Paul Newman (as Billy the Kid) and Lita Milan. ... For other uses, see Billy the Kid (disambiguation). ... This article is about the American actor and race team owner. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ...

Penn’s next film was The Miracle Worker (1962), the moving story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate. It garnered two Academy Awards. The Miracle Worker is a cycle of 20th century dramatic works derived from Helen Kellers autobiography The Story of My Life. ... Anne Sullivan in 1887 Anne Sullivan, Annie Sullivan, or Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, (April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was a teacher best known as the tutor of Helen Keller. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist and lecturer. ...

In 1965 Penn directed the bizarre, surreal Mickey One. Heavily influenced by the French New Wave, it was the dream-like story of a stand-up comedian (played by Warren Beatty) on the run from sinister ambiguous forces. Ambitious, startlingly shot and elliptically edited, it baffled critics and audiences alike. Even forty years on the film has failed to achieve the cult status that some would argue it deserves. It may be worth noting that Mickey One’s atmosphere of sweaty paranoia foreshadows some of the conspiracy thrillers of the 70’s- not least Warren Beatty’s later Parallax View. (Penn himself later contributed to the genre with Night Moves) Mickey One is a 1965 film starring Warren Beatty and directed by Arthur Penn. ... The New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... The Parallax View is a 1974 movie directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Warren Beatty (who was also a producer), adapted from the novel by Loren Singer. ... Night Moves is a 1975 film starring Gene Hackman, directed by Arthur Penn. ...

Penn’s next film was The Chase (1966) a taut thriller following events in a small corrupt Southern town on the day an escaped convict returns (played by Robert Redford). Although not a major success, The Chase nonetheless caught the mood of the turbulent times, a ‘state of the nation’ tale of racism, corruption and the violence endemic in American society. The film is also notable for an extended brutally violent scene where Marlon Brando’s sheriff is beaten to a bloody pulp- the latest in a long line of masochistic beatings the actor received on-screen in his career (see also One-Eyed Jacks and On the Waterfront). The Chase is a 1966 American, drama film directed by Arthur Penn who afterwards went on to direct Bonnie and Clyde (1967). ... Robert Redford (born August 18, 1936)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American motion picture director, actor, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist and philanthropist. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... One-Eyed Jacks, a western movie released in 1961, is the only film directed by Marlon Brando, who replaced the original director, Stanley Kubrick. ... For other uses, see On the Waterfront (disambiguation). ...

Re-uniting with Warren Beatty for the rural gangster film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Penn once again showed that he had his finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, perfectly catching the youthful disenchantment of the late 60’s. Although depression-set, it was very much in the spirit of the counter-culture. Bonnie and Clyde went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, at the same time (along with Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch a year later) pushing the limits of acceptable screen violence with its bloody machine-gun climax. Bonnie and Clyde is an Academy Award winning 1967 film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who roamed the central United States during the Great Depression. ... This article is about the German word. ... // The counterculture of the 1960s was a social revolution between the period of 1960 and 1973[1] that began in the United States as a reaction against the conservative social norms of the 1950s, the political conservatism (and perceived social repression) of the Cold War period, and the US government... This article is about the live-action fiction movie. ...

Once again the film drew strong influence from the French New Wave and itself went on to make a huge impression on a younger generation of film-makers. Indeed there was a strong resurgence in the “love on the run” sub-genre in the wake of Bonnie and Clyde, most notably Badlands (1973) (where Penn received acknowledgement in the credits). Badlands is a 1973 film directed by Terrence Malick from his own script. ...

Next came Alice's Restaurant (1969), based on one of Arlo Guthrie’s songs, a satirical account 1960’s counter culture. His next film after this was a return to the western, Little Big Man (1970), a shaggy dog account of one man's life (played by Dustin Hoffman), a white man adopted into Native (Cheyenne) society. In scale it was Penn’s most expansive film to date, an epic blackly comic tale and clearly revisionist in its tone (Little Big Man was one of the many revisionist Westerns released in the late 60’s, early 70’s). For information on the song, see: Alices Restaurant. ... Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. ... Little Big Man is a 1970 film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger. ... Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, BAFTA-winning, and five-time Golden Globe-winning American method actor. ...

In 1973 Penn provided a segment for the Olympic film Visions of Eight along with several other major directors such as John Schlesinger and Miloš Forman. The director’s next two films showed he had lost none of his ambition (not least in his eclecticism). First came a paranoid L.A.-set thriller, Night Moves (1975) about a private detective (played by Gene Hackman) on the trail of a runaway. John Richard Schlesinger CBE (February 16, 1926 – July 25, 2003) was an English film director. ... Jan Tomáš Forman (born February 18, 1932), better known as MiloÅ¡ Forman, is a film director, actor, screenwriter and professor. ... Night Moves is a 1975 film starring Gene Hackman, directed by Arthur Penn. ... Eugene Allen Gene Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ...

Next came another comic western which reunited him with Marlon Brando, The Missouri Breaks (1976), a ramshackle, eccentric story of a horse thief (Jack Nicholson) facing off with an eccentric Irish bounty hunter (Brando). Although receiving mixed reviews at the time, it is held in considerable esteem by many critics now. The Missouri Breaks is a 1976 western film starring Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ...

Four Friends (1981) was a traumatic look back at the 60’s, returning to the old themes of Vietnam, civil rights, sexual politics, and drugs. Penn’s career subsequently lost its momentum: Target (1985) was a mainstream thriller reuniting the director with Gene Hackman. Dead of Winter (1987) was a horror/thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock. Target is a 1985 film directed by Arthur Penn. ... Dead of Winter is a horror movie made in 1987. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ...

Since this Penn has returned to work in television, including an executive producer role for popular crime series Law & Order. This article is about the original television series. ...

Selected filmography

• Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
• Dead of Winter (1987)
• The Missouri Breaks (1976)
• Night Moves (1975)
• Little Big Man (1970)
• Alice's Restaurant (1969)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• The Chase (1966)
• Mickey One (1965)
• The Miracle Worker (1962)
• The Left Handed Gun (1958)

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Selected Broadway credits

• Two for the Seesaw (1958)
• The Miracle Worker (1959)
• Toys in the Attic (1960)
• An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
• All the Way Home (1960)
• Golden Boy (1964)
• Wait Until Dark (1966)
• Sly Fox (1976)
• Fortune's Fool (2002)

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External links

• Arthur Penn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Arthur Penn at the Internet Movie Database
• Arthur Penn at Senses of Cinema