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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Born: December 18, 1911 in Middletown, CT Death: March 31, 2008 in Athens, Greece Biography:One of the most defiantly visible survivors of the Hollywood Blacklist was American director "Jules Dassin". Following high school in the Bronx and drama school in Europe (paying his own way), Dassin made his stage debut at age 25 with the Yiddish Theatre in New York. In Hollywood, Dassin worked his way up to a directorial spot at MGM's short subjects unit, where he handled a brilliant 20-minute adaptation of Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1941). This led to a promotion to features like "Nazi Agent" (1942), "Reunion in France" (1942) and "The Canterville Ghost" (1944). From MGM, Dassin went to work for producer "Mark Hellinger" at Universal Studios, where he turned out two full-blooded crime classics: "Brute Force" (1947) and "The Naked City" (1948). Unfortunately, the late 1940s were difficult times for anyone with even the slightest leftist political leanings. After being identified as a communist by... Full Biography
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