WHISKY GALORE!

Alexander Mackendrick

Alexander Mackendrick (Boston, MA, USA, 1912 - Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1993) was born in the United States, but he grew up in Scotland, where he studied at Glasgow Art School. A screenwriter and director, he debuted with Whisky Galore! in 1949, winning the best script Oscar two years later for The Man in the White Suit. In 1952 he was awarded the jury special prize at the Venice Film Festival for Mandy and in 1955 he directed Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers. After moving to Hollywood, he made Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and subsequently worked for television and again in cinema, ending his career in 1967 with Don’t Make Waves

FILMOGRAFIA

Whisky Galore! (Whisky a volontà, 1949), The Man in the White Suit (Lo scandalo del vestito bianco, 1951), Mandy (Mandy la piccola sordomuta, 1952), The Maggie (1954), The Ladykillers (La signora omicidi, 1955), Sweet Smell of Success (Piombo rovente, 1957), Sammy Going South (Sammy va al sud, 1963), A High Wind in Jamaica (Ciclone sulla Giamaica, 1965), Don’t Make Waves (Piano, piano non t’agitare, 1967).