Otto the terrible0

Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-born American film direc­tor who moved from the the­atre to Hollywood, direct­ing over 35 fea­ture films in a five-decade career. He rose to promi­nence for styl­ish film noir mys­ter­ies such as Laura and Fallen Angel. In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a num­ber of high-profile adap­ta­tions of pop­u­lar nov­els and stage works. Several of these pushed the bound­aries of cen­sor­ship by deal­ing with top­ics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addic­tion (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homo­sex­u­al­ity (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nom­i­nated for the Best Director Academy Award. Discover the work and life of Otto Preminger in this pod­cast by Charmaine Ho.