Edward Dmytryk (September 4th , 1908, Grand Forks, Canada – July 1st ,
1999, Encino, USA), was an American director of Ukrainian origin. In 1923 he
started to work in the film company Paramount as a member of helping
staff. In the thirties he began to work as an editor, and already in 1935 he
directed his first film, The Hawk. In the forties he made several films,
among others: Hitler's Children (1943), Murder My Sweet/Farewell My
Lovely (1944), Cornered (1945), Back to Bataan (1945), Till
the End of Time (1946), Crossfire (1947). During President McCarthy’s
famous “witch hunt” (at the beginning of fifties) he was charged and imprisoned.
During the fifties and sixties he made films with the most famous stars
(Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Elisabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, and others). He
directed 54 films.