Orson Welles was born in Wisconsin in 1915, and grew up surrounded by artists and intellectuals. At school, he honed his already evident gifts for drama. When he turned 16, he went to Ireland to become hired by the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and began to work in theater and radio when he returned to the United States. In 1938, he achieved instant fame with the renowned radio broadcast The War of the Worlds. In 1941, he earned worldwide recognition by directing and starring in Citizen Kane. He then went on to make many celebrated films, including Othello (1951), which won the Palme d’Or at the 5th Cannes Film Festival.
