Preminger

American  

[prem-in-jer] / ˈprɛm ɪn dʒər /

noun

1. Otto (Ludwig), 1906–86, U.S. motion-picture actor, director, and producer, born in Austria.

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Preminger British  

/ ˈprɛmɪndʒə /

noun

1. Otto ( Ludwig ). 1906–86, US film director, born in Austria. His films include Carmen Jones (1954) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Preminger

By age 25 Belafonte was touring nationally, and one listener, the film impresario Otto Preminger, cast him as the male lead in his 1954 movie, “Carmen Jones.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

Preminger has already established Laura as a firecracker who could ignite: When she first meets Biegler at his office, she really makes herself at home on the couch.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021

Preminger and his third wife, a former costume designer named Hope Bryce, to whom he has been married since 1959, are the parents of 19 year-old twins, Victoria and Mark.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard

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