Arthur Penn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Penn

American producer and director

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 28-Sep-2010

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer of film, television and theater.
Closely associated with the American New Wave, Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as the drama The Chase (1966), the biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969).
He also got attention for his revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970). By the mid-1970s his films were received with much less enthusiasm.
In the 1990s he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the crime series Law & Order.
By his death in 2010, he had been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Director, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, two Emmys, and two Directors Guild of America Awards.
He was the recipient of several honorary accolades, including a Honorary Golden Bear, a Tony Award, and an Akira Kurosawa Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival.