Alex Grasshoff

Alexander Grasshoff ( born December 10, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, † April 5, 2008 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American film director, who shot documentaries and television films in particular.

Life

Alexander Grasshoff began his career in Hollywood in 1951, first in the mailroom and then as an editor for Paramount Studios.Als director, he made ​​his debut in 1960 with the independent film The Jailbreakers. He worked in the 1960s, primarily for television. In 1967 he was nominated for the first time for the Oscar in the category " Best Documentary, Features " (with a really big family ), the price, however, won Peter Watkins. Two years later Grasshoff was awarded the Academy Award for Young Americans, he had to return it though. They had noticed too late that the film had been released too early, to be submitted for the Oscars 1969.

In 1974 he was nominated for Journey to the Outer Limits, a documentary for the National Geographic Society, one last time. He then directed some episodes of the series Barbary Coast, CHiPs and The Night Stalkers.

In 1981 he filmed a 60 - minute film about an American high school teacher, who carried out an experiment and catastrophic to his pupils. The shaft is based on an experiment called The Third Wave, which has taken place in 1967.

His last works were four episodes for the boys fate of the ABC television network. 2008, the filmmaker died from complications of a leg operation. He left behind his wife Madilyn Clark Grasshoff and two sisters.