Fred Zinnemann Autographs
Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Polish-Austrian-American film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US, where he specialized in shorts before making 25 feature films during his 50-year career.
He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with non-professional actors to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and thereby creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events. According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of "psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining."
Among his films were The Search (1948), The Men (1950), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), The Sundowners (1960), A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). His films received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24; Zinnemann himself was nominated for ten, and won Best Director for From Here to Eternity (1953), Best Picture and Best Director for A Man for All Seasons (1966), and Best Documentary, Short Subjects for Benjy (1951).
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Traded items with a signature of Fred Zinnemann
The most expensive item with a signature of Fred Zinnemann (Fred Zinnemann Signed 14 x 11 Lobby Card w/ Pier Angeli) was sold in September 2025 for $504.00 while the cheapest item (Fred Zinnemann Autograph, 4x AA Winner, “Hign Noon” “From Here to Eternity”) found a new owner for $3.25 in August 2022. The month with the most items sold (9) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $165.99 for an autographed item of Fred Zinnemann. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $504.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.25 was August 2022. In average, an autographed item from Fred Zinnemann is worth $80.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Fred Zinnemann were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPH | $104.99 |  |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/1987 | $206.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED | $165.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1968 | $266.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1984 | $206.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1988 | $206.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/22/1941 | $266.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $226.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1988 | $226.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - DEED SIGNED 03/27/1941 | $323.35 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED 1982 | $145.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - PHILATELIC SHEET SIGNED 1982 | $125.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/11/1983 | $165.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/04/1970 | $165.99 | |
| FRED ZINNEMANN-LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR-SIGNED SMALL CARD | $45.00 | |
