Alexander Mackendrick

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Name: Alexander Mackendrick.
Dates: September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993 (81 years old).
Nationality/Origin: American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Scottish immigrant parents. Raised in Glasgow from age 6.
Career: Directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967. Worked at Ealing Studios. Films include Whisky Galore! (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Maggie (1954), and The Ladykillers (1955).
Awards/Recognition: Received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay for The Man in the White Suit.
Post-filmmaking: Retired to become an influential professor at the California Institute of the Arts.
Other: Studied at the Glasgow School.

Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Scottish immigrant parents, he was raised in Glasgow from the age of six. Mackendrick's career included directing nine feature films between 1949 and 1967. His work at Ealing Studios included Whisky Galore! (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Maggie (1954), and The Ladykillers (1955). The Man in the White Suit earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. After retiring from filmmaking, he became an influential professor at the California Institute of