Karel Reisz
Karel Reisz | |
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Reisz in 1966 | |
| Born | 21 July 1926 |
| Died | 25 November 2002 (aged 76) |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Werthimer (m. 1953; div. 1963) |
| Children | 3 |
Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker and film critic, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a classic of kitchen sink realism, and the romantic period drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981).