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Died 10 February 1980, London, United Kingdom Movies Murder in the Cathedral, Hortobágy Similar Alexander Gauge, George Woodbridge, Leo McKern, Michael Aldridge, Thomas Becket | ||
George Michael Hoellering (20 July 1897 – 10 February 1980) was an Austrian film director, editor and producer, probably best known for directing and producing the 1951 British film Murder in the Cathedral, which he co-wrote with T. S. Eliot, and for having been the director of the Academy Cinema in London's Oxford Street from 1944 until his death in 1980.
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Early life
George Hoellering was born in Baden, near Vienna, Austria on 20 July 1897, the third of four children of the musician and impresario, Georg Höllering, and his wife, Maria Magdalene.
Career
Hoellering was the director of the Academy Cinema in London's Oxford Street from 1944 until his death in 1980.
His 1950 film, Shapes and Forms is considered to be the first appearance of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) on film.
Personal life
Hoellering's first wife, Dora Constance Lehmann, had been previously married and had a son, Ivo Jarosy. She was the daughter of Felix Lehmann and his wife Anna Friedländer. They married in 1929 in Baden, Austria, and their only child, Andrew, was born in Vienna in 1932. Dora died in England in 1955. On 24 November 1956, Hoellering married Anne Allnatt (b. 1925/6) the daughter of Alfred Ernest Allnatt, a building contractor.
Death
He died in Suffolk on 10 February 1980.