Personal Info
Birth date
1922-09-27 (102 Years)
Day of death
2010-09-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Arthur Hiller Penn
Arthur Penn
Biography
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer, who is closely associated with the American New Wave. He has won a Tony Award, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Philco Television Playhouse
6.286
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
Overview:
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.American Masters
7.4
Overview:
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.Spécial cinéma
NYR
Overview:
Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7
Overview:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.100 Centre Street
7.7
Overview:
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.BeastMaster
6.4
Overview:
BeastMaster chronicles the adventures of Dar, the last surviving male of the storied Sula tribe, who is blessed with the ability to communicate telepathically with the animals of his ancient world. Also endowed with the strength, courage and fighting skills of a great warrior, he uses his gifts to defend all living creatures oppressed by the forces of evil.Bonnie and Clyde
7.488
Overview:
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Producers' Showcase
6.5
Overview:
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.Goodyear Television Playhouse
5.25
Overview:
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.Night Moves
6.7
Overview:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.The Chase
7.087
Overview:
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.Little Big Man
7.473
Overview:
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.Lumière & Company
6.3
Overview:
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.The Miracle Worker
7.9
Overview:
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.The Missouri Breaks
6.511
Overview:
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.The Left Handed Gun
6.1
Overview:
When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.Alice's Restaurant
6.3
Overview:
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.Naked in New York
4.55
Overview:
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a squirrel infested peanut factory, best friend, writing career and Joanne.Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
7.1
Overview:
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
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Overview:
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel Radicals" features clips from such seminal films as Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967); Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" (1967); Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" (1969); John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962); Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) and "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968); John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (1969); Richard Brooks' "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and "In Cold Blood" (1967); and Norman Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968). Frankenheimer, Jewison, Hopper, Schlesinger, Penn, Buck Henry, Paul Mazursky, Roger Corman and Arthur Hiller are among the filmmakers who discuss the decade.Penn & Teller Get Killed
5.53
Overview:
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.Dead of Winter
6
Overview:
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.Target
5.9
Overview:
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.Inside the Actors Studio
7.535
Overview:
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7
Overview:
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself. This medley of voices has given origin to a journey throughout the whole United States, from California to Colorado, from Virginia to Minnesota, passing by New York and Los Angeles. Every stop represents an ideal set in which all the characters of the films come to life once again giving place to a growing flow of memories. The narrative dimension of Malick's cinema resounds and opens a new horizon on the visible contradictions of the American culture; no easy judgement but a critical consciousness is what emerges from this coral speech, together with a definite need: the necessity of art. A need that Terrence Malick was able to satisfy.Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
6.2
Overview:
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)Gulf Playhouse
NYR
Overview:
Gulf Playhouse is an NBC anthology series that aired on Friday nights. It was a live show that was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person. The show's sponsor was Gulf Oil, and it was produced and directed by Frank Telford.Acting
2024Faye as Self - Director, Bonnie and Clyde (archive footage)
2016Mise en scène with Arthur Penn (a conversation) as Self
2010Godard Made in USA as Self
2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' as Self
2006Filmmakers in Action as Self
2006Edge of Outside as Self
2005Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
2000In the Shadow of Hollywood as Self
1999BeastMaster (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998Searching for Arthur as Self
1996Nichols and May: Take Two as Self
1995Arthur Penn: A Love Affair with Film as Unknown
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
1993Naked in New York as Self
1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self
1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
1986American Masters (1 Episode) as Self
1974Spécial cinéma (1 Episode) as Self
1973Visions of Eight as Narrator
1970Arthur Penn: The Director as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1 Episode) as Self
Directing
2001100 Centre Street (1 Episode) ... Director
1996Inside ... Director
1995Lumière & Company ... Director
1993The Portrait ... Director
1989Penn & Teller Get Killed ... Director
1987Dead of Winter ... Director
1985Target ... Director
1981Four Friends ... Director
1976The Missouri Breaks ... Director
1975Night Moves ... Director
1973Visions of Eight ... Director
1970Little Big Man ... Director
1969Alice's Restaurant ... Director
1967Bonnie and Clyde ... Director
1966The Chase ... Director
1965Mickey One ... Director
1962The Miracle Worker ... Director
1958The Left Handed Gun ... Director
1958Portrait of a Murderer ... Director
1957The Dark Side of the Earth ... Director
1955The Battler ... Director
1955Playwrights '56 (4 Episodes) ... Director
1954Producers' Showcase (2 Episodes) ... Director
1952Gulf Playhouse (1 Episode) ... Director
1951Goodyear Television Playhouse (1 Episode) ... Director
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (2 Episodes) ... Director
Production
1990Law & Order (523 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
1989Penn & Teller Get Killed ... Producer
1981Four Friends ... Producer
1965Mickey One ... Associate Producer, Producer
Writing
1969Alice's Restaurant ... Screenplay