Clint Eastwood At The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Editorial Photo

Actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and former politician Clint Eastwood arrives at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2013. The occasion was the Tribeca Film Festival`s Directors Series of discussions. His contribution was the film, `Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story.` Eastwood has won 8 Golden Globe Awards, 1 BAFTA, and 13 Oscars, including 2 for acting and several for directing. He is a talented pianist and plays the cornet as well. He accomplished a rare feat of winning Academy Awards for Directing `Unforgiven` and Million Dollar Baby,` while also earning acting nominations for these films. Eastwood gained early fame in the 1950s for playing the role of `Rowdy Yates` in `Rawhide` for CBS television. In the 60s he gained popularity for playing in `Man with No Name,` a spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone. In the 70s and 80s he became identified with the role of tough cop, `Harry Callahan` in the `Dirty Harry` series. As he branched out into directing, he earned great respect as a major force in American films. Eastwood turned 90 on May 31, 2020.