Preminger
Americannoun
noun
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Likewise, many well-known geniuses like Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Fritz Lang, who were chased out of Europe by the Nazis, brilliantly exposed the hypocrisies and soul deadening conformity of mainstream American culture.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
Originally from Marshalltown, Iowa, Seberg leaped to fame following an international talent search by director Otto Preminger for the leading role of his 1957 medieval epic, “Saint Joan.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Pay close attention to the questioning scenes: Preminger frequently takes care to keep the lawyer, the witness and — just a bit further in the background — the judge in focus simultaneously.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021
But in January 1960, director Otto Preminger announced that his upcoming epic “Exodus” — released by United Artists, which had not signed a pledge to bar communists from its films — was written by Trumbo.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2019
An Upper Eastsider for two decades, Preminger includes among his favorite restaurants Caravelle, Le Cirque and 21, where agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar once broke a glass over his head that took 51 stitches to close.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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