Abraham Polonsky
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist, and novelist blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abraham Polonsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1910-12-05 · New York, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 1999-10-26
Known for
- Force of Evil (1950) — Director
- Body and Soul (1947) — Screenplay
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) — Screenplay
- Madigan (1968) — Screenplay
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) — Director
- Avalanche Express (1979) — Screenplay
- Monsignor (1982) — Screenplay
- Red Hollywood (1996) — Self
- Golden Earrings (1947) — Screenplay
- Body and Soul (1981) — Original Film Writer
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951) — Screenplay
- Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) — Self
- Romance of a Horsethief (1971) — Director
- Seaway (1965) — Creator
- FBI contre Hollywood (2001) — Self
- Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky (1981) — Himself