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(1928-98), American film director, producer, and screenwriter,
often of psychological thriller. Born April 17, 1928, in New York
City, he graduated from Yale University (1948) with a major in drama;
he broke in as a Hollywood producer with the film Fear Strikes
Out (1957). Among notable movies he directed were Klute (1971,
for which
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