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Born
Orson was born in Wisconsin -
Moves to Ireland
acts and directs plays -
Opens the Mercury Theater
Independent theater that showed some of his best and most ambitious plays -
Signs a contract with RKO
Gives him full autonomy to make a film of his choosing. Giving him creative control -
Citizen Kane is released
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The Magnificent Ambersons is released
The movie was taken out of his control and heavily re edited by the studio. -
The Stranger is released
Directed and starring Orson Welles in a ww2 espionage film -
Moves to Italy
He acts in roles such as The Third Man, and begins directing Othello -
Othello is relased
It wins the top Prize at Cannes. -
Touch of Evil is released
Welles returns to Hollywood after a decade to make this film -
Chimes at Midnight is released
One of his best later works, was filmed in Spain with a small budget -
F for Fake is released
a meditative analytical film that puts Welles career and art into perspective -
Returned to the United States
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Dies in Los Angeles
Next to his typewriter still battling money/budgetary issues til his last breath