Filmmaker
The Resume
(May 18, 1912-March 11, 1992)
Birth name is Ruben Sax
Died of heart failure at 89
Wrote/directed 'Wrong Is Right (1982),' 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977),' 'Bite the Bullet (1975),' '$ (1971),' 'In Cold Blood (1967),' 'Lord Jim (1965),' 'Sweet Bird of Youth (1962),' 'Elmer Gantry (1960),' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958),' 'Brothers Karamazov (1958),' 'Blackboard Jungle (1955)' and 'Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)'
Won the Best Screenplay Oscar for 'Elmer Gantry' (1960)
Why he might be annoying
He divorced actress Jean Simmons.
He looks like Ed O'Neill.
Why he might not be annoying
He won an Oscar.
He graduated Temple University.
He separated the emotion of affection from the act of sex, saying 'Sex is one thing, affection is another.'
He said of romantic movies: 'love is frowned upon as too sentimental or corny.'
Despite his rough exterior, much of his writing was sensitive and profound.
He tackled issues in a serious manner.
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Year In Review:
For 2010, as of last week, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
For 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 48.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 169 Votes: 54.44% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 221 Votes: 48.42% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 168 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
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