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Carol Reed

Highest Rated: 100% The Fallen Idol (1948)

Lowest Rated: 60% Kipps (1941)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1906

Birthplace: Putney, London, England, UK

Reed began his film career in 1927 as an assistant to Edgar Wallace at British Lion films, supervising the adaptation of Wallace's works into film. After a spell as dialogue director and assistant director for Basil Dean, he had an early directing credit of his own with "Midshipman Easy/Men of the Sea" (1936).

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Highest rated movies

100% 88% The Fallen Idol
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100% 72% The Way Ahead
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100% 86% Odd Man Out
Watchlist 99% 93% The Third Man Watchlist
95% 77% Our Man in Havana
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90% 59% The Stars Look Down
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89% 72% Night Train to Munich
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86% 78% The Agony and the Ecstasy
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83% 38% Bank Holiday
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Carol Reed

Carol Reed THE FALLEN IDOL, director Carol Reed on set, 1948 THE THIRD MAN, director Carol Reed on set, 1949 THE FALLEN IDOL, (aka THE LOST ILLUSION), (clockwise from bottom), director Carol Reed, assistant director Guy Hamilton, camera operator Denys Coop, on-set, 1948 THE FALLEN IDOL, (aka THE LOST ILLUSION), Director Carol Reed making changes to the shooting script on set, 1948 THE FALLEN IDOL, (aka THE LOST ILLUSION), Director Carol Reed on set, 1948 ODD MAN OUT, director Carol Reed, talks to producer J. Arthur Rank, on-set, 1947 THE FALLEN IDOL, (aka THE LOST ILLUSION), associate producer Philip Brandon, assistant director Guy Hamilton, Bobby Henrey, producer and director Carol Reed, on-set, 1948 THE THIRD MAN, Bernard Lee, Joseph Cotten, director Carol Reed, on-set, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, director Carol Reed on set, 1949 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 58% The Public Eye Director - 1972
No Score Yet 36% Flap Director - 1970
91% 81% Oliver! Director - 1968
86% 78% The Agony and the Ecstasy Director,
Producer 		- 1965
No Score Yet 65% The Running Man Director,
Producer 		- 1963
70% 73% Mutiny on the Bounty Director - 1962
95% 77% Our Man in Havana Director,
Producer 		- 1960
No Score Yet 58% The Key Director - 1958
75% 62% Trapeze Director - 1956
67% 70% A Kid for Two Farthings Director,
Producer 		- 1956
No Score Yet 78% The Man Between Director,
Producer 		- 1953
No Score Yet 56% Outcast of the Islands Director,
Producer 		- 1952
99% 93% The Third Man Director,
Producer 		$447.0K 1949
100% 88% The Fallen Idol Director,
Producer 		$58.1K 1948
100% 86% Odd Man Out Director,
Producer 		- 1947
No Score Yet 57% The True Glory Director - 1945
100% 72% The Way Ahead Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Battalion Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Mr. Pitt Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl in the News Director - 1941
60% 58% Kipps Director - 1941
89% 72% Night Train to Munich Director - 1940
90% 59% The Stars Look Down Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Girl Must Live Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penny Paradise Director - 1938
83% 38% Bank Holiday Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climbing High Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midshipman Easy Director - 1935