Abraham Polonsky
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul (1947). The following year, he wrote and directed Force of Evil (1948), which was later hailed by Martin Scorsese and others as one of the finest achievements of American film noir.
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- New York City
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- Columbia UniversityCity College of New YorkColumbia Law SchoolDeWitt Clinton High School
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1910
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