Arthur Penn
![Penn at the 2007 [[Berlin International Film Festival]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Arthur_Penn.jpg/150px-Arthur_Penn.jpg)
Penn was nominated for three Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play, winning in 1959 for ''The Miracle Worker'', a play based on the childhood of Helen Keller. He received his first Oscar nomination for directing the 1962 film version. His other notable films included the neo-noir ''Night Moves'' (1975) and the revisionist Western ''The Missouri Breaks'' (1976). In the 1990s, he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the crime series ''Law & Order''.
By his death in 2010, Penn was the recipient of several honorary accolades, including an Honorary Golden Bear, a Tony Award, and an Akira Kurosawa Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival. Provided by Wikipedia