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American filmmaker Orson Welles is best remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre, and film. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors of all time. While in his twenties, Welles directed a number of stage productions before creating the infamous 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds. Welles's directorial film debut Citizen Kane (1941), in which he also starred as Charles Foster Kane, garnered him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and nominations for Best Actor and Best Director. The film is consistently ranked as the greatest film ever made. Welles's second film was The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). He then directed the film-noir The Lady from Shanghai (1947), in which he also starred opposite his estranged wife Rita Hayworth. His 1951 film Othello won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. (Full list...)