Carl Foreman

Wrote several outstanding screenplays for producer Stanley Kramer, including "Home of the Brave" (1949) and "The Men" (1950), before refusing to co-operate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the early 1950s. Subsequently blacklisted, Foreman went to England and worked uncredited on "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), before beginning his producing career in 1959. His sole directorial effort was "The Victors" (1963), an admirable WWII drama.

• Born:
  July 23, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Died:
  June 26, 1984.
• Job Titles:
  Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Circus and carnival promoter, Journalist, Publicity writer

Family

• Son: Jonathan Foreman.

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Milestones

• 1965 Elected governor of British Film Institute
• 1968 Elected president of Writer s Guild of Great Britain