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Born in 1918, died in 1983. American director, screenwriter, and producer. He studied economics but dropped out to work for RKO Radio Pictures. Aldrich’s worked as assistant director with Joseph Losey, Charlie Chaplin, and Jean Renoir. His directorial debut is The Big Leaguer (1953), soon followed by the noir classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), and Autumn Leaves (1956), which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Aldrich had a string of hits in the 1960s, with the excellent thriller What Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), lesbian tension tinged The Killing of Sister George (1968) and the war film, The Dirty Dozen (1967). Aldrich’s work exemplifies auteur filmmaking and superb technical abilities.

Selected filmography

1953 The Big Leaguer

1954 Vera Cruz

1955 Śmiertelny pocałunek / Kiss Me Deadly

1956 Jesienne liście / Autumn Leaves

1961 Ostatni zachód słońca / The Last Sunset

1962 Co się zdarzyło Baby Jane? / What Ever Happend to Baby Jane?

1967 Parszywa dwunastka / The Dirty Dozen

1968 Zabójstwo siostry George / The Killing of Sister George

1974 Najdłuższy jard / The Longest Yard