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    Actor Jud Taylor -- probably best remembered for his role as Steve McQueen's American prisoner-of-war friend in The Great Escape -- turned to directing in 1968 with Paramount's Fade-In, but had his name removed from the film, replaced by the Directors Guild authorized psuedonym of Alan Smithee. The actor-turned-filmmaker got his first official directorial credit two years later ...more
    • 2003
    • Directors Guild of America
    • Robert Aldrich Award for Extraordinary Service to the Guild
    • win
    • 1987
    • Directors Guild of America
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement
    • Foxfire
    • win
    • 1977
    • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
    • Outstanding Directing in a Special Program, Drama or Comedy
    • Tail Gunner Joe
    • nom


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