Hubert Cornfield

Hubert Cornfield February 9 1929 June 18 2006 was an American film director in Hollywood He was born in Istanbul Turkey and died in Los Angeles Billy Wilder William Wyler and Joseph L Mankiewicz all signed his Directors Guild of America DGA application He moved to the US as a refugee in 1941 He received attention for a short film he made The Color is Red which attracted the interest of 20th Century Fox He directed mainly crime films from Film Noir to Neo Noir and worked with legendary actors ranging from Marlon Brando to Sidney Poitier Description above from the Wikipedia article Hubert Cornfield licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia