Arthur Penn
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, and a Tony Award winner. Among other accolades, he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Penn first achieved prominence as a theatre director, winning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Miracle Worker. He received similar acclaim and his first Oscar nomination for directing the 1962 film adaptation. His 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde is credited with initiating the New Hollywood movement, by infusing the biographical crime drama with a counterculture sensibility. He achieved similar critical and commercial success directing the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969) and the revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970), which further reflected that ethos. Penn’s other notable films included the neo-noir Night Moves (1975) and the revisionist Western The Missouri Breaks (1976). In the 1990s, he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the police procedural series Law & Order. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Who is Arthur Penn?+
Arthur Penn was an influential American filmmaker and theatre director associated with the New Hollywood movement who directed classics such as Bonnie and Clyde and The Miracle Worker.
What is Arthur Penn known for?+
He is best known for pioneering the New Hollywood era with his 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde and for his revisionist Westerns like Little Big Man.
Which company or institution is Arthur Penn associated with?+
He was a prominent theatre director on Broadway and worked extensively with major Hollywood studios during the 1960s and 70s. Follow the filmography on Mood.
