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Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American film director, who at times also worked as a writer, theatre director, magician and inventor. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he worked in the New York theatre in the late 1930s before moving to Hollywood in 1940.
Cy Endfield. Director: Zulu. The son of a struggling businessman, Cy Endfield--born Cyril Raker Endfield--worked hard to be admitted to Yale University in 1933. While completing his education he became enamored with progressive theatre and appeared in a New Haven production of a minor Russian play in 1934.
Apr 20, 1995 · Cyril Endfield, film-maker: born Scranton, Pennsylvania 10 November 1914; twice married (three daughters); died Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire 16 April 1995. More about.
May 1, 1995 · Cy Endfield, 80, film director and writer who was blacklisted in the U.S. and made numerous films overseas, including “Zulu” and “Sands of the Kalahari,” died April 16 of cerebral vascular...
Cy Endfield. Director: Zulu. The son of a struggling businessman, Cy Endfield--born Cyril Raker Endfield--worked hard to be admitted to Yale University in 1933. While completing his education he became enamored with progressive theatre and appeared in a New Haven production of a minor Russian play in 1934.
May 2, 1995 · Cy Endfield, a director who was blacklisted in the United States before moving to Britain and filming the bloody epic "Zulu," died on April 16 at his home in...
Apr 16, 1995 · Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Many Lives of Cy Endfield is the first book on this fascinating figure. The fruit of years of archival research and personal interviews by Brian Neve, it documents Endfield’s many identities: among them second-generation immigrant, Jew, Communist, and exile.
Neve shares the backstory of every Endfield film in great detail: how each film was made, the setbacks, rejections, budgets, players, and (usually small) triumphs. This is meticulous work, but the result can feel episodic.
Cyril Raker Endfield was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 10 November 1914. He attended Yale University, where he became briefly involved with the Young Communist League. He also developed an interest in magic and card tricks, forming the basis for a later reputation as one of the world's leading magicians.
