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Don Kranze(1925-2019)

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Don Kranze was born on 3 September 1925 in the USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for The Graduate (1967), 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Other (1972). He died on 24 August 2019.
BornSeptember 3, 1925
DiedAugust 24, 2019(93)
BornSeptember 3, 1925
DiedAugust 24, 2019(93)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate
8.0
Movie
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1967
Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men
9.0
Movie
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Donald Kranze)
  • 1957
The Other (1972)
The Other
6.8
Movie
  • Producer
  • 1972
Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)
Summer of '42
7.2
Movie
  • Producer
  • 1971

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Producer

  • Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Henry Winkler in Night Shift (1982)
    Night Shift
    6.5
    • executive producer
    • 1982
  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
    5.6
    • executive producer (as Donald Kranze)
    • 1981
  • The Other (1972)
    The Other
    6.8
    • associate producer
    • 1972
  • Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)
    Summer of '42
    7.2
    • associate producer
    • 1971
  • George C. Scott in East Side/West Side (1963)
    East Side/West Side
    8.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963–1964

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Other (1972)
    The Other
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • Candice Bergen and Peter Boyle in T.R. Baskin (1971)
    T.R. Baskin
    6.4
    • assistant director
    • 1971
  • Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)
    Summer of '42
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1971
  • There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
    There Was a Crooked Man...
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1970
  • The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
    The Sterile Cuckoo
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1969
  • Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint in The Stalking Moon (1968)
    The Stalking Moon
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1968
  • Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)
    The Graduate
    8.0
    • assistant director
    • 1967
  • Sandy Dennis in Up the Down Staircase (1967)
    Up the Down Staircase
    7.3
    • assistant director
    • 1967
  • Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)
    The Defenders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1962
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent
    7.7
    • assistant director
    • 1962
  • Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961)
    The Hustler
    7.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    Splendor in the Grass
    7.7
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, and Diane Jergens in Teenage Millionaire (1961)
    Teenage Millionaire
    4.5
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
    A Face in the Crowd
    8.2
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)
    12 Angry Men
    9.0
    • assistant director (as Donald Kranze)
    • 1957

Additional Crew

  • Zina Bethune and Shirl Conway in The Doctors and the Nurses (1962)
    The Doctors and the Nurses
    7.4
    TV Series
    • assistant to the producer
    • assistant to producer
    • 1963
  • World by Night No. 2 (1961)
    World by Night No. 2
    6.3
    • production assistant: USA
    • 1961

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Donald Kranze
  • Born
    • September 3, 1925
    • USA
  • Died
    • August 24, 2019

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