Cy Endfield
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Endfield's work as a director can roughly be divided into his Hollywood films (1944-51) in which he is credited as Cyril Endfield, the British-based films from 1953-59 which he directed or served as "supervising director" as C. Raker Endfield or under various pseudonyms, and his post-1960 films for which he is credited as Cy Endfield.
Biography
Made several socially aware thrillers such as "The Sound of Fury" (1950) before being blacklisted. Endfield continued to work in the UK, notably on the spectacular African siege drama "Zulu" (1964).
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Life Events
1941
Moved to Hollywood
1945
First short film as director, "Passing Parade"
1946
Feature directorial and screenwriting debut, "Gentleman Joe Palooka"
1950
Wrote and directed, "The Sound of Fury", a controversial examination of post-war america
1951
Blacklisted in Hollywood, he relocated to England rather than name names, where he continued to direct uncredited or under a variety of pseudonymns
1952
Made final Hollywood picture, "Tarzan's Savage Fury"
1953
Credited as Hugh Raker for song lyrics, "I Couldn't Care Less", also co-direced "The Limping Man"
1964
First producing effort, also wrote and directed, "Zulu"; Michael Caine's film acting debut
1971
Directed final feature, "Universal Soldier"
1978
Invented computerized pocket-sized typewriter
1979
Final screenplay credit, "Zulu Dawn"
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Notes
Endfield's work as a director can roughly be divided into his Hollywood films (1944-51) in which he is credited as Cyril Endfield, the British-based films from 1953-59 which he directed or served as "supervising director" as C. Raker Endfield or under various pseudonyms, and his post-1960 films for which he is credited as Cy Endfield.