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Robert Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated American
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 film and television director.

igan studied at Fordham University
Fordham University

'Fordham University' is a private university university in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1841 as St....
 before serving with the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing Military power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. At war's end, he obtained work in the editorial department of the New York Times, but left to pursue a career in television.

Employed by the CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 network, Mulligan began his television career at the bottom of the ladder as a messenger boy.






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Robert Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film and television director.

Biography

Mulligan studied at Fordham University
Fordham University

'Fordham University' is a private university university in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1841 as St....
 before serving with the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing Military power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver Marine Air-Ground Task Force....
 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. At war's end, he obtained work in the editorial department of the New York Times, but left to pursue a career in television.

Employed by the CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 network, Mulligan began his television career at the bottom of the ladder as a messenger boy. He worked his way up, learned the business and by 1948 he was directing important dramatic series. In 1959 he won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for directing The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence is a short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged England stock broker who abandons his wife and childre...
, a made-for-television production that marked the American small-screen debut of Sir Laurence Olivier.

In 1957 Robert Mulligan directed his first motion picture (Fear Strikes Out) and five years later received wide acclaim and Academy Award
Academy Award for Directing

The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing is one of the Academy Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Film directors working in the film industry....
 and Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America is the trade union which represents the interests of film director and television director directors in the United States motion picture industry....
 nominations for To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird (film)

To Kill a Mockingbird is an Cinema of the United States drama film based on the To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch ....
. In the same year, he also directed a film with stars Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson was an United States film and television actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during the 1960s and 1970s. Hudson was voted 'Star of the Year', 'Favorite Leading Man', and similar titles by numerous movie magazines and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time....
 and Burl Ives
Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an United States actor, writer and folk music singer. The prominent music critic John Rockwell has been quoted in the New York Times as saying that "Ives's voice......
, called The Spiral Road
The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road is a 1962 United States drama starring Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Reggie Nalder and Neva Patterson. It was directed by Robert Mulligan with a screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Neil Paterson adapted from the novel by Jan de Hartog....
, based on the book by Jan de Hartog
Jan de Hartog

Jan de Hartog was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker....
.

In 1972, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
 and another Directors Guild Award for the highly successful Summer of '42
Summer of '42

Summer of '42 is a 1971 in film Cinema of the United States "Bildungsroman" film drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of Raucher as a boy, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, off the coast of New England, who embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Doro...
.

His final film was 1991's The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon is a 1991 in film drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. It was the film debut for both Reese Witherspoon and Jason London....
, Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer, who has established herself as a one of Hollywood top actresses in recent years....
's film debut.

He was the brother of actor Richard Mulligan
Richard Mulligan

Richard Mulligan was an United States television and film actor....
 who is best remembered for his television roles of Burt Campbell in the sitcom Soap
Soap (TV series)

Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour long primetime comedy....
 and of Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest.

Mulligan died on December 20, 2008 from heart disease at the age of 83.

Filmography

  • The Man in the Moon
    The Man in the Moon

    The Man in the Moon is a 1991 in film drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. It was the film debut for both Reese Witherspoon and Jason London....
     (1991
    1991 in film

    The year 1991 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Clara's Heart
    Clara's Heart

    Clara's Heart is a 1988 movie starring Kathleen Quinlan and Whoopi Goldberg. The movie tells the story of a family in crisis. The mother, Leona , escapes to Jamaica to grieve the loss of her baby daughter....
      (1988
    1988 in film

    Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
    )
  • Kiss Me Goodbye (1982
    1982 in film

    for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
    )
  • Bloodbrothers (1978
    1978 in film

    The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Same Time, Next Year
    Same Time, Next Year (film)

    Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 in film United States comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his Same Time, Next Year....
      (1978)
  • The Nickel Ride (1974
    1974 in film

    The year 1974 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Other
    The Other

    The Other is a 1972 thriller film film director by Robert Mulligan, screenwriter by Tom Tryon, from his bestselling novel. It stars Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, and Chris & Martin Udvarnoky....
      (1972
    1972 in film

    The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Summer of '42
    Summer of '42

    Summer of '42 is a 1971 in film Cinema of the United States "Bildungsroman" film drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of Raucher as a boy, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, off the coast of New England, who embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Doro...
      (1971
    1971 in film

    The year 1971 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
  • The Stalking Moon
    The Stalking Moon

    The Stalking Moon is a 1968 in film western film starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Theodore V....
      (1969
    1969 in film

    The year 1969 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Up the Down Staircase
    Up the Down Staircase (film)

    Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 in film drama film about the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher played by Sandy Dennis....
      (1967
    1967 in film

    The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film....
    )
  • Inside Daisy Clover
    Inside Daisy Clover

    Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 drama film based on the 1963 in literature novel by Gavin Lambert. It stars Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall and Ruth Gordon in her Academy Award nominated role....
      (1965
    1965 in film

    The year 1965 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Baby the Rain Must Fall
    Baby the Rain Must Fall

    Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on his play The Travelling Lady....
      (1965)
  • Love with the Proper Stranger
    Love with the Proper Stranger

    Love with the Proper Stranger is a romantic comedy drama film made by Alan Pakula-Robert Mulligan Productions and Boardwalk Productions and released by Paramount Pictures....
      (1963
    1963 in film

    The year 1963 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    To Kill a Mockingbird (film)

    To Kill a Mockingbird is an Cinema of the United States drama film based on the To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch ....
      (1962
    1962 in film

    The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Spiral Road
    The Spiral Road

    The Spiral Road is a 1962 United States drama starring Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Reggie Nalder and Neva Patterson. It was directed by Robert Mulligan with a screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Neil Paterson adapted from the novel by Jan de Hartog....
      (1962
    1962 in film

    The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Come September (1961
    1961 in film

    The year 1961 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Great Impostor
    The Great Impostor

    Based on Robert Crichton's 1959 book by the same name, The Great Impostor is a 1961 movie based on the life of the well-known impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara....
      (1961)
  • The Rat Race
    The Rat Race

    The Rat Race is a 1960 film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
      (1960
    1960 in film

    The year 1960 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Fear Strikes Out
    Fear Strikes Out

    Fear Strikes Out is a dramatic film depicting the life and career of American baseball player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's autobiography Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story....
     (1957
    1957 in film

    The year 1957 in film involved some significant events....
    )

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