Oscar winning actor Paul Scofield in A Man For All Seasons (1966). Fred Zinnemann was an Austrian-American film director. He won four Academy Awards during his lifetime. His most famous films include High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), The Sundowners (1960) and Julia (1977). A Man For All Seasons, courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing, available on DVD.