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Martin Ritt

Martin Ritt

Martin Ritt

1914-03-02

New York City, New York, USA

DIRECTING

Biography

Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Ritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Best known for:

Hud

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Hombre

The Long, Hot Summer

Norma Rae

The Front

Stanley & Iris

Nuts

The Molly Maguires

Murphy's Romance

Paris Blues

Edge of the City

Sounder

The Outrage

Conrack

The Great White Hope

The Black Orchid

Back Roads

Cross Creek

The Brotherhood

End of the Game

Five Branded Women

No Down Payment

Pete 'n' Tillie

The Slugger's Wife

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Filmography:

Winged Victory (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Gleason
Edge of the City (1957)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
No Down Payment (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
The Black Orchid (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Five Branded Women (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Paris Blues (1961)
5
WORK AS:
Director

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Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
WORK AS:
Director
Hud (1963)
6
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
The Outrage (1964)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Hombre (1967)
5.8
WORK AS:
Producer, Director
The Brotherhood (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
The Great White Hope (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
The Molly Maguires (1970)
4.9
WORK AS:
Director, Producer

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Sounder (1972)
6.2
WORK AS:
Director
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Awake and Sing! (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Uncle Morty
Conrack (1974)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
The Front (1976)
5.7
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
End of the Game (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Hans Bärlach
Casey's Shadow (1978)
WORK AS:
Director
Norma Rae (1979)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Factory Worker (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Director
Back Roads (1981)
WORK AS:
Director
Cross Creek (1983)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Murphy's Romance (1985)
4.7
WORK AS:
Director
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Burly De Vito
Nuts (1987)
4.9
WORK AS:
Director, Co-Producer
Stanley & Iris (1990)
5.1
WORK AS:
Director

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