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The multi-faceted career of Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993) has all too often been reduced to his great success as a master of postwar British comedy, such that even his most celebrated film, Sweet Smell of Success (1957), is seen as an aberration and credited more to Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehmann's acerbic screenplay than Mackendrick's ...
Dec 28, 1993 · Alexander Mackendrick, film director, writer: born Boston, Massachusetts 8 September 1912; died Los Angeles 21 December 1993. THERE is not much in British cinema to stand up to the best of the ...
Sep 5, 2005 · Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993) occupies a unique position in film history. After distinguishing himself as a director of nine films, Mackendrick made a midcareer move into teaching filmmaking, becoming Dean of the School of Film/Video at the California Institute of the Arts.
Oct 28, 2012 · Mackendrick was born 100 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts, the year after his parents had emigrated from their native Glasgow. His father died in the influenza epidemic that followed the First ...
Director, Writer. Alexander Mackendrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 8 September 1912, the only child of a shipbuilding draughtsman and civil engineer, Francis Robert Mackendrick, and his wife Martha, who had migrated to the USA from their native Glasgow in the previous year.
Dec 22, 1993 · Don't Make Waves (1967) -- (Movie Clip) California Welcomes You The title song composed to order by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and performed by their band The Byrds (also the flip-side of their single “Have You Seen Her Face”), and director Alexander Mackendrick’s introduction of leads Tony Curtis and, at a distance, Claudia Cardinale, from Don’t Make Waves, 1967.
On Film-making. : Alexander Mackendrick. Faber & Faber, 2006 - Performing Arts - 291 pages. An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film school directors. Alexander 'Sandy' Mackendrick directed classic Ealing comedies plus a Hollywood masterpiece, Sweet Smell of Success. But after retiring ...
