Arthur Knight
About
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Birth Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born
September 03, 1916
Died
July 25, 1991
Cause of Death
Heart Attack
Biography
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Film historian, critic, teacher, and author, Knight was a leading figure in the growth of academic film studies. His former students at USC include filmmakers George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, John Carpenter, and Randal Kleiser. "The Liveliest Art," Knight's popular history of the cinema, has been widely used as a textbook....
Filmography
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The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
(1968)
Director
My Bare Lady
(1963)
Director
Around the World With Nothing On
(1963)
Director
Play It As It Lays
(1972)
Himself
Lord Jim
(1965)
Story editor
Family & Companions
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Mary Ann Nyberg
Wife
Film costume designer. Died in 1979.
Anne Knight
Wife
Bibliography
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"The Hollywood Style"
Arthur Knight (1969)
"The Livelist Art"
Arthur Knight (1957)
Biography
Film historian, critic, teacher, and author, Knight was a leading figure in the growth of academic film studies. His former students at USC include filmmakers George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, John Carpenter, and Randal Kleiser. "The Liveliest Art," Knight's popular history of the cinema, has been widely used as a textbook.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield
(1968)
Director
My Bare Lady
(1963)
Director
Around the World With Nothing On
(1963)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Play It As It Lays
(1972)
Himself
Writer (Feature Film)
Lord Jim
(1965)
Story editor
Life Events
1957
Wrote "The Liveliest Art", a very popular history of the cinema that has been widely used as a text book
1985
Produced, hosted, and wrote the Playboy Channel's "Sex in Cinema" cable TV series
Companions
Mary Ann Nyberg
Wife
Film costume designer. Died in 1979.
Anne Knight
Wife
Bibliography
"The Hollywood Style"
Arthur Knight (1969)
"The Livelist Art"
Arthur Knight (1957)
