Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City.
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British Academy Film Awards
Best British Film
Known For
Sounder
(1972)
Director
The Long, Hot Summer
(1958)
Director
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Director
Hud
(1963)
Director
Hombre
(1967)
Director
The Molly Maguires
(1970)
Director
The Black Orchid
(1959)
Director
Norma Rae
(1979)
Director
Nuts
(1987)
Director
The Front
(1976)
Director
Stanley & Iris
(1990)
Director
The Brotherhood
(1968)
Director
Edge of the City
(1957)
Director
Paris Blues
(1961)
Director
Back Roads
(1981)
Director
Murphy's Romance
(1985)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Edge of the City
(1957)
Director
No Down Payment
(1957)
Director
The Long, Hot Summer
(1958)
Director
The Black Orchid
(1959)
Director
The Sound and the Fury
(1959)
Director
Five Branded Women
(1960)
Director
Paris Blues
(1961)
Director
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(1962)
Director
Hud
(1963)
Director
The Outrage
(1964)
Director
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Director
Hombre
(1967)
Director
The Brotherhood
(1968)
Director
The Molly Maguires
(1970)
Director
The Great White Hope
(1970)
Director
Sounder
(1972)
Director
Pete 'n' Tillie
(1972)
Director
Conrack
(1974)
Director
The Front
(1976)
Director
Casey's Shadow
(1978)
Director
Norma Rae
(1979)
Director
Back Roads
(1981)
Director
Cross Creek
(1983)
Director
Murphy's Romance
(1985)
Director
Nuts
(1987)
Director
Stanley & Iris
(1990)
Director
Acting
Winged Victory
(1944)
Gleason
Awake and Sing!
(1972)
Uncle Morty
James Wong Howe: Cinematographer
(1973)
Self
End of the Game
(1975)
Hans Bärlach
Norma Rae
(1979)
Factory Worker (uncredited)
The Slugger's Wife
(1985)
Burly De Vito
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
(1990)
Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Production