He directed two actors to Oscar nominations: Louis Calhern (Best Actor, The Magnificent Yankee (1950)) and Spencer Tracy (Best Actor, Stadt in Angst (1955)) and Der alte Mann und das Meer (1958)).
He directed two actors to Oscar nominations: Louis Calhern (Best Actor, The Magnificent Yankee (1950)) and Spencer Tracy (Best Actor, Stadt in Angst (1955)) and Der alte Mann und das Meer (1958)).