Cy Endfield film reviews

Cy Endfield

American writer, director

Born
10 November 1914
in ScrantonPennsylvaniaUnited States

Died
16 April 1995

American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor. He attended Yale University and began his career as a theatre director and drama coach, becoming a known person in New York’s progressive theatre scene. His best remembered film is Zulu (1964). This project was followed by "Sands of the Kalahari" (1965) with Susannah York. After a few more independent productions he withdrew from film direction in 1971, his final film being Universal Soldier where he made a cameo appearance with Germaine Greer. In 1979 he wrote the non-fiction book Zulu Dawn, which tells the story of the British military campaign against the Zulu Nation in 1879. Known also for Hell Drivers, Sea Fury. He was inventor of the microwriter - a replacement for the keyboard that requires 1 hand to operate. He was at one time a professional magician, and in the early 1940s even instructed Orson Welles, who had a lifelong interest in magic.