Nicholas Ray (I) (1911–1979) |
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Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in 1911, in small-town Galesville, Wisconsin, to Lena (Toppen) and Raymond Joseph Kienzle, a contractor and builder. He was of German and Norwegian descent. Ray's early experience with film came with some radio broadcasting in high school. He left the University of Chicago after a year, but made such ...
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In 1971 he was hired as a member of the cinema department faculty at Harpur College, currently Binghamton University, and made "We Can't Go Home Again" (1973) with his students. See more »Publicity Listings:
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[on James Dean] I had realized that, for a successful collaboration, he needed a special kind of climate. He needed reassurance, tolerance, understanding. See more »Trivia:
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His protagonists were usually troubled loners who cannot fit in with society, and his films greatly sympathize with them. See more »Nickname:
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