Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997) Director.

Alfred Zinnemann was born in Resche, Austria-Hungary (Rzeszów in present-day Poland) in 1907 to a family of Austrian Jews. Both his parents perished in the Holocaust. Zinnemann first arrived in New York City in 1929 before moving to Hollywood. There, he directed 25 feature films, including some of Hollywood’s biggest, including From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), as well as The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). He debuted a number of stars, including Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, and Meryl Streep. Zinnemann’s films received a total of 65 Academy Award nominations and were awarded 24. Zinnemann himself won four Academy Awards, for Best Short Subject for That Mothers Might Live (1938), for Best Documentary Short Subject for Benjy (1951), for Best Director for From Here to Eternity (1953) and for A Man for All Seasons (1966).