Carol Reed - British film director, born 30 December 1906, London, England, , died (from a heart attack) 25 April 1976, London, England. Reed was the director of many distinguished films, including 'Night Train to Munich' (1940), The Third Man (1949), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), and Oliver! (1968) for which he won an Academy Award for best director. He was knighted in 1952, and was the uncle of actor Oliver Reed.