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Carol Reed: Directors
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The Third Man proved a high point in Reed's career. His next two movies, Outcast of the Islands (1952) and The Man Between (1953) -- the latter a topical story set in Berlin during the Cold War that ran into script and production problems -- were disappointments. However, between the two, Reed was awarded a knighthood, the first time such an honor had been granted to a movie director. In 1955, he made the jump to color photography with the gentle fable A Kid for Two Farthings; it was well received and, indeed, remains one of the most popular children's films of its era that was not made by Disney. His next movie, Trapeze (1956), was a complete surprise; an Anglo-American production by the company owned by its star, Burt Lancaster, it was ... Reed's first in Cinemascope, and it was a hit, but it was also devoid of any of the personal touches that had been found in Reed's earlier movies. The Key (1958), was similarly criticized for its impersonal nature.
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Reed won the Grand Prix at Cannes for The Third Man in 1949 and, much later, two Academy awards (Best Picture and Best Director) for Oliver! (1968). The Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián honored Reed with a retrospective in 2000.
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During WWII, Reed worked as a director for the Army Kinematograph Service and directed the acclaimed propaganda feature, "The Way Ahead" (1944), starring David Niven. He ... co-directed, with Garson Kanin, "The True Glory" (1945), an Oscar-winning documentary compiled from footage shot by Allied army cameramen.
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