Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich

American film director (1918–1983)

Robert Burgess Aldrich was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed mainly films noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones. His most notable credits include Vera Cruz (1954), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), Autumn Leaves (1956), Attack (1956), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 18 films (1955–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1955 Kiss me deadly Robert Aldrich 1:06 Color & B&W
1955 The Big Knife [Reel 1 of 2] Robert Aldrich 1600
1955 The Big Knife [Reel 3 of 3] Robert Aldrich 1600
1956 Attack Robert Aldrich
1956 AUTUMN LEAVES Robert Aldrich 107 min B&W
1956 Autumn Leaves Robert Aldrich 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1957 The Garment Jungle Columbia Pictures Corp. 88 min 16mm B&W sound
1959 The Angry Hills. Raymond Productions Ltd. 105 min 35mm B&W sound
1961 The Last Sunset. Byrna Productions S.A. & Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 112 min 35mm Color sound
1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Associates & Aldrich Company Inc 2:14:00 16mm B&W sound
1962 Whatever happened to Baby Jane? Associates & Aldrich Co. for Seven Arts Productions ; produced and directed by Robert Aldrich ; executive producer, Kenneth Hyman ; screenplay, Lukas Heller. 132 16mm B&W sound
1963 Four for Texas director, Robert Aldrich. 124 16mm Color sound
1964 Hollywood and the stars. The great directors sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Sydney Field ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Nicholas Noxon ; series producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr. 26 16mm B&W sound
1964 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 135 min 35mm B&W sound
1965 The Flight Of The Phoenix. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 142 min 35mm Color sound
1970 Too late the hero. Robert Aldrich 3:00 16mm Color sound
1972 Ulzana's Raid A Carter DeHaven - Robert Aldrich production 103 min Color sound
1979 The Frisco Kid Robert Aldrich; Warner Bros 119 min 16mm Color sound