László Benedek (March 5. 1905 – March 11, 1992) was a Hungarian-born film director. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born in Budapest, he worked as a writer and editor in Hungarian cinema until World War II. Louis B. Mayer helped the Jewish Benedek escape and brought him to Hollywood where he directed his first film for MGM in 1944 as a stand-in. Budapest (pronounced BOO-dah-pesht, IPA ), the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre, has more than 1. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Louis B. Mayer (July 4, 1885–October 29, 1957) was an American film producer. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

He gained wide recognition for his direction of 1951's Death of a Salesman for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and a Best director nomination from the Directors Guild of America. However, it was for his directorial efforts on his next project that László Benedek is best remembered. His 1953 motorcycle gang film The Wild One caused a storm of controversy and was banned in the United Kingdom until 1968. Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ... Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. ... A Motorcycle gang (also known as a Biker gang) is a gang whose members are motorcycle riders. ... What are you rebelling against? What have you got? The Wild One (1953) was the very first outlaw biker film, also made memorable by the youthful Marlon Brando playing gang leader Johnny Stabler. ...

László Benedek spoke several languages and directed in Germany, making the 1955 film "Kinder, Mütter und ein General" and in France in 1960, directing "Recours en grâce." In Hollywood, Benedek went on to make more motion pictures but also became a significant director of television series beginning with the Perry Mason series in 1957. As well, he directed episodes of other shows including "The Outer Limits," "Mannix," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "The Untouchables," and "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour." A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner and who was portrayed by Raymond Burr in a television series which ran on CBS from 1957 to 1966. ... The Outer Limits was an American science fiction anthology television series. ... Mannix is the name of a television detective series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. Developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character played by Mike Connors is an American private investigator of Armenian heritage. ... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science-fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. ... The Untouchables is the name of a 1957 book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, and also of two television series and a motion picture that it inspired. ...

Benedek died in 1992 in The Bronx, New York. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

Filmography (director):

• Assault on Agathon (1975)
• The Night Visitor (1971)
• Daring Game (1968)
• Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
• Moment of Danger (1960)
• Bengal Brigade (1954)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Death of a Salesman (1951)
• Port of New York (1949)
• The Kissing Bandit (1948)
• Song of Russia (1944)