Alexander Mackendrick was a Scottish-American director and teacher.
Alexander Mackendrick Biography / Wiki
Name
Alexander Mackendrick
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Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Birth
1912-09-08
Age(as in 2022)
81
Deathday
1993-12-22
Alexander Mackendrick Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995-04-14
Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables – representing different cinematic periods – drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British cin…
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
1986-01-01
This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others….
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Interviewee
1986-05-02
Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus….
Alexander Mackendrick Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Sweet Smell of Success
Director
1957-07-04
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t contro…
Don’t Make Waves
Director
1967-06-20
New Yorker Carlo Cofield goes on a vacation to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture while getting en…
The Ladykillers
Director
1955-12-08
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicia…
The Man in the White Suit
Director
1951-08-07
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune sell…
Sammy Going South
Director
1963-03-18
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South …
A High Wind in Jamaica
Director
1965-05-01
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of th…
Whisky Galore!
Director
1949-06-16
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea…
Mandy
Director
1952-07-29
London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. …
The Maggie
Director
1954-02-25
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old ‘puffer’ b…
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad
Director
1967-02-15
A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead fo…
Director
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
The Maggie
Story
1954-02-25
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old ‘puffer’ b…
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Writer
1948-10-04
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of E…
Bombs Over London
Story
1937-05-04
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a veng…
Dance Hall
Screenplay
1950-06-08
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its st…
South Sea Sweethearts
Writer
1938-01-01
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick’s by George Pal….
Love on the Range
Writer
1939-01-01
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick’s by George Pal….
The Man in the White Suit
Screenplay
1951-08-07
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune sell…
Abu’s Dungeon
Writer
1943-01-01
Plot unknown…
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
3:10 to Yuma
Thanks
2007-09-06
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is …
Logan
Thanks
2017-02-28
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and …
