The Resume

(September 7, 1909-September 28, 2003)
Died at ninety four
Directed 'Streetcar Named Desire,' 'Last Tycoon,' 'Splendor in the Grass,' 'Gentleman's Agreement' and 'East of Eden'
Directed the Broadway productions of 'Streetcar,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Skin of Our Teeth'
Won 2 Academy Awards

Why he might be annoying:

He testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
He perjured himself and ruined the careers of some of Hollywood's most talented actors, director and writers.
Many of the people he testified against were close friends.
He never apologized for this act.
He practiced the 'Method' school of acting.
He was married 3 times.
He is a heavy smoker.
He was abusive to his first wife.
He looked like a Mafia don.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an extremely talented director.
In his early days he was a Liberal.
He had Alzheimer's Disease.

Credit: Lovelythesp

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 8)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 45)
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1947)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1954)
• Blacklisted
• Cold War Participants
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 1954)
• Directors Who Make Cameos in Their Films
• Elia Kazan Films
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1947)
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1954)
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1956)
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1963)
• I am Greek
• I Attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn
• I Attended Yale
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 94)
• I Got Booed at the Oscars
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Married in 1982
• I Named Names
• I Probably Banged Marilyn Monroe
• I Probably Banged Natalie Wood
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1983)
• Lovelythesp/Peacham's Profiles
• Natalie Wood's Pallbearers
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1947)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1954)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1947)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1951)
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7772)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1967)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20030928)
• Wife Beaters and Alleged Domestic Abusers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 95.65% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 68 Votes: 42.65% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 78 Votes: 55.13% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 70 Votes: 65.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 57.78% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 63.79% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 123 Votes: 69.11% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 65.47% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 230 Votes: 68.26% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 274 Votes: 64.96% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1445 Votes: 69.07% Annoying