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Gerd Oswald

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  • Born
    June 9, 1919 · Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    May 22, 1989 · Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer)
  • Birth name
    Gerd Gunther Oswald

Biography

    • Gerd Oswald was born on June 9, 1919 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and assistant director, known for Brainwashed (1960), A Place in the Sun (1951) and Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966). He was married to Marjorie Feinberg and Annabel Magness. He died on May 22, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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  • Spouses
      Marjorie Feinberg(November 10, 1957 - August 1973) (divorced, 2 children)
      Annabel Magness(July 2, 1944 - January 11, 1956) (divorced)

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  • German-born émigré director, former child actor. In the U.S. from 1938, initially as assistant director, subsequently as production manager and associate producer. Directed his first full-length film in 1956, specialising from then on in second features and television episodes. A particularly prolific helmsman of The Outer Limits (1963).
  • Son of director Richard Oswald.

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  • I have to admit that all I know about film and style I learned from assisting other directors. They taught me what should and should not be done in front of the camera.

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