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Orson Welles

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American director, actor and broadcaster who shook two media before turning thirty: his 1938 Mercury Theatre radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds became the most famous broadcast in radio history, and Citizen Kane in 1941 rebuilt the vocabulary of the sound film with deep focus, layered sound and fractured narration.

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Birth Year
1915 1
Death Year
1985 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Citizen Kane, 1941; the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast 1
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Works Created

Citizen Kane, Landmark Works

Directed, produced and co-written by Welles; Herman J. Mankiewicz shared the screenplay Academy Award.

Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
The War of the Worlds Broadcast, Landmark Works

Directed and narrated by Welles for the Mercury Theatre on the Air; Howard Koch wrote the script.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016Works Created: Citizen Kane
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