Alex Grasshoff
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Alexander Grasshoff was an American documentary filmmaker and director who received 3 Oscars nominations.
Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn
, he is possibly best known for writing and directing the documentary Young Americans, won an Academy Award for best feature documentary in April 1969. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus mading it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar status was revoked. Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-winning films The Really Big Family
(1966) and Journey to the Outer Limits
(1973).
and began his career as an editor at Paramount in 1951.
Grasshoff died on April 5, 2008 at his home in Los Angeles
of complications from bypass surgery on a leg. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Madilyn Clark Grasshoff, and two sisters, Yrsa Grasshoff and Edith Rand.
Along with fellow producer Robert Cohn
Robert Cohn
Robert Cohn is an entrepreneur and businessman known for the founding of Octel Communications, the company that commercialized voice mail and was largely responsible for making it ubiquitous on cell phones, in companies and on residential phones. In 1982, Cohn founded Octel Communications...
, he is possibly best known for writing and directing the documentary Young Americans, won an Academy Award for best feature documentary in April 1969. However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon found out the film had been shown first in October 1967, thus mading it ineligible for a 1968 award and the Oscar status was revoked. Grasshoff, who reportedly slept with the Oscar on the first night, also directed Academy Award-winning films The Really Big Family
The Really Big Family
The Really Big Family is a 1966 documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature....
(1966) and Journey to the Outer Limits
Journey to the Outer Limits
Journey to the Outer Limits is a 1973 documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature....
(1973).
Biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Grasshoff earned a bachelor's degree in cinema at the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
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and began his career as an editor at Paramount in 1951.
Grasshoff died on April 5, 2008 at his home in Los Angeles
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of complications from bypass surgery on a leg. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Madilyn Clark Grasshoff, and two sisters, Yrsa Grasshoff and Edith Rand.