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Mulligan studied at Fordham University before serving with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. At war's end, he obtained work in the editorial department of the New York Times newspaper but left to pursue a career in television. Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[2] in the United States, with three residential campuses located in and around New York City. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Employed by the CBS network, Mulligan began his television career at the bottom of the ladder, working as a messenger boy. He worked his way up, learning the business to where in 1948 he was directing important dramatic series. In 1959 he won an Emmy Award for directing The Moon and Sixpence, a made-for-television production that marked the American small-screen debut of Sir Laurence Olivier. CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a book by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ...

In 1960 Robert Mulligan directed his first motion picture and two years later received wide acclaim and Academy award and Directors Guild of America nominations for To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1972 he would be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director and another Directors Guild Award for the highly successful Summer of '42. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... DGA Headquarters in Hollywood, California 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. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ... Summer of 42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. ...

He is the brother of actor Richard Mulligan who is best remembered for his television roles of Burt Campbell in the sitcom Soap and of Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest. Richard Mulligan (November 13, 1932 - September 26, 2000) was an American television and film actor whose career spanned 34 years. ... Soap was a successful American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. ... Empty Nest was a television sitcom that ran on NBC for seven seasons from 1988 to 1995. ...

Selected filmography

• The Man in the Moon (1991)
• Clara's Heart (1988)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• Bloodbrothers (1978)
• Same Time, Next Year (1978)
• The Nickel Ride (1974)
• The Other (1972)
• Summer of '42 (1971)
• The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
• The Stalking Moon (1969)
• Up the Down Staircase (1967)
• Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
• Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• The Spiral Road (1962)
• Come September (1961)
• The Great Impostor (1961)
• The Rat Race (1960)
• Fear Strikes Out (1957)

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Kiss Me Good-Bye is the theme song of Final Fantasy XII, and is the third Japanese single by Angela Aki. ... // January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode... Same Time, Next Year is a play by Bernard Slade which tells the story of a couple, married to others, who develop a relationship in which they meet each year at a country inn and spend a weekend together. ... See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... The Other is a 1972 chiller directed by Robert Mulligan, adapted for film by Tom Tryon, from his bestselling novel. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... Summer of 42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. ... See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... The Pursuit of Happiness are a Canadian rock group, who were one of Canadas most successful independent bands in the 1980s. ... // Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... Up the Down Staircase is a humorous novel written by Bel Kaufman, and published in 1965. ... // December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 film with Ruth Gordon based upon a novel by Gavin Lambert. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 Robert Mulligan film starring Lee Remick and Steve McQueen. ... Love with the Proper Stranger is a 1963 film which tells the story of a salesgirl who finds herself pregnant after a brief affair. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... The Spiral Road is a 1962 American drama starring Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives Reggie Nalder and Neva Patterson. ... Come September is a 1961 comedy-romance genre film, directed by Robert Mulligan. ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Based on Robert Crichtons 1959 book by the same name, The Great Impostor is a 1961 movie based on the life of the con artist Ferdinand Waldo Demara. ... The Rat Race is a 1960 film (not to be confused with Rat Race of 2001) directed by Robert Mulligan starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... 1957 film based on Jimmy Piersalls autobiography by the same title. ... // October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ...

External link

• Robert Mulligan at the Internet Movie Database