Joseph Strick

Born in the Pittsburgh area town of Braddock, Pennsylvania,[1] Strick briefly attended UCLA, then enrolled in the U.S. Army during World War II.In 1977 he invented the usage of six-axis motion simulators as entertainment systems and applied it to new machines used now in Disney theme parks as "Star Tours.The marriage ended in divorce before construction was completed, and Strick never occupied the house, located on the edge of Santa Monica Canyon.[2] The Savage Eye won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award and was hailed as part of an "American New Wave" alongside the work of Shirley Clarke and John Cassavetes.His better known ventures include a film adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as well as Never Cry Wolf (1983).
U.S. ArmyWorld War IIArmy Air ForcesIrving LernerMuscle BeachBen MaddowSidney MeyersThe Savage EyeOscar NiemeyerSanta Monica CanyonBAFTA Flaherty Documentary AwardShirley ClarkeJohn CassavetesAcademy Award for Best DocumentaryInterviews with My Lai Veteransfilm adaptationJames JoyceUlyssesA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManNever Cry WolfTropic of CancerRoyal Shakespeare CompanyNational TheatreAcademy Film Archive