Cy Endfield

Cyril Raker Endfield ( born November 10, 1914 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, † April 16, 1995 in Shipston -on- Stour, England ) was an American film director, magician and inventor who worked as a victim of the McCarthy era in the UK. In addition, he also worked as a screenwriter. His most popular film Zulu.

Life

Cy Endfield attended Yale University and began his career at the progressive theater scene in New York. He then moved with its own Company by the province to Montreal. His performances he enriched with the performance of card tricks. Orson Welles got with it and was so impressed that he hired him. Endfield began with the then popular short films, did his military service in 1950 and took his first full-length feature film The gangster of Rocket City (The Underworld Story) out, which was noticed by the critics. His young career was ended when caught up with him his young students sins during the McCarthy era. He fell into the clutches of the infamous Committee for Un-American Activities and was set up by the studios on the blacklist. In the UK he could work under different names and employ American companions in misfortune. A real success came to him in 1963 with the epic film Zulu. The dissolute life of the Marquis de Sade ( Sade ) was re- shot with American money. After the failure of Universal Soldier, it was quiet around the director. In 1979 he came for the last time as a screenwriter for po last offensive in appearance.

Cy Endfield is considered the inventor of a chord keyboard, the Micro Writers.

Filmography

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