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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul but in the early 1950s was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios, after refusing to testify at congressional hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in the midst of the McCarthy era.
Birth Name
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky
Born
Monday, 05 December 1910
Died
Tuesday, 26 October 1999
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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FBI contre Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2000 |
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self / Himself | 1998 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
Red Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
American Cinema | writer, Force of Evil / Self - director | 1995 |
Talking Pictures | Self | 1988 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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FBI contre Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2000 |
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self / Himself | 1998 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
Red Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
American Cinema | writer, Force of Evil / Self - director | 1995 |
Talking Pictures | Self | 1988 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Romance of a Horsethief | 1971 |
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | 1969 |
Seaway | 1965 |
Oedipus Rex | 1957 |
Force of Evil | 1949 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1948 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Nominated |