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Known For

Arthur Penn is known for:

  • Bonnie and Clyde
    In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
  • The Miracle Worker
    The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
  • Little Big Man
    Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

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Biography

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer, who is closely associated with the American New Wave. He has won a Tony Award, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.