David Bradley (director)

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David Shedd Bradley (6 April 1920 in

the worst films of all time).[1][2]

Biography

David Shedd Bradley was a grandson of Charles Banks Shedd, a prominent

16 mm version of Peer Gynt with 17-year-old Charlton Heston
in the title role; Bradley having known Heston since high school.

Production shot from Julius Caesar with David Bradley in costume in back of the camera

His studies at

U.S. Army Signal Corps motion picture section during World War II. He worked as a combat photographer during the European campaign, eventually filming the arrival of the Allies in Paris.[3]

He graduated in 1950 with Bachelor of Science degree from the university's School of Speech. On the basis of the 16 mm feature Julius Caesar that he had produced and directed in Chicago[4] (and which also starred Charlton Heston),[5] he was hired as a directing intern by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1950.

Later years

After the teen drama Dragstrip Riot (1958), he went on to direct Madmen of Mandoras, padded for television into the infamous They Saved Hitler's Brain,[6][7] which proved to be his final output.

Bradley later taught film studies at UCLA and Santa Monica City College.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "They Saved Hitler's Brain". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. ISBN 0671610813
    .
  3. ^ DAVID BRADLEY, DIRECTOR, FILM TEACHER - Chicago Tribune
  4. ISBN 0-521-43424-6
    . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ISBN 0-199-72802-X
    . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  6. ^ They Saved Hitler's Brain (1964) - TCM.com
  7. ISBN 978-1496810533
    .

External links
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