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Aleksander Ford
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Born
November 24
,
1908
·
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Died
April 4
,
1980
·
Naples, Florida, USA
(suicide by hanging)
Birth name
Mosze Lifszyc
Mini Bio
Aleksander Ford was born on November 24, 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Five from Barska Street (1954)
,
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
and
The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)
. He was married to Eleanor Griswold, Olga Minska and Janina Wieczerzynska. He died on April 4, 1980 in Naples, Florida, USA.
Family
Spouses
Eleanor Griswold
(? - April 4, 1980) (his death, 3 children)
Olga Minska
(divorced)
Janina Wieczerzynska
(divorced, 1 child)
Trivia
Educated at Warsaw University.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 357-360. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
After World War II he headed the government-controlled Film Polski organization.
Father of
Aleksander Ford
.
His documentary
Children Must Laugh (1938)
, concerning impoverished Jewish and Polish orphans in a sanatorium, was banned for being "a vehicle for Communist propaganda".
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