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| Born | 30 December 1906 |
| Died | 25 April 1976 (aged 69) Chelsea, London, England |
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| Years active | 1935–1972 |
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| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Herbert Beerbohm Tree (father) |
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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968),[1] for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director.
Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The Fallen Idol won the second BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of the 20th century.
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (16 March 2000). "Carol Reed: The Third Man". The Guardian.
Carol Reed directed films for 40 years, but his golden period was brief. It covered three years in the late '40s when he made Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. These three films alone put him in the forefront of British directors of the period, and the last-named, his second collaboration with Graham Greene, is probably the best film noir ever made out of Britain.