<p>Orson Welles (USA, 1915-1985) was a complete auteur, a brilliant director and scriptwriter, a prodigious actor of memorable physique and a figure of legend. He began his directing career in 1940, at the age of twenty-five, with <i>Citizen Kane</i>, an undisputed, ground-breaking masterpiece of cinema history. Welles’ stature as a baroque, impetuous and profoundly free artist made the studios uncomfortable. He had control of every detail on the twelve feature films he was able to make, including <i>Lady from Shanghai</i> with Rita Hayworth (1947), <i>Touch of Evil</i> with Charlton Heston (1958), adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays including <i>Macbeth</i> (1948) and <i>Othello</i> (1952) and Kafka’s <i>The Trial</i> (1962). Orson Welles remains a unique figure in cinema history and a real source of inspiration for future generations of film-makers.</p> Read Less