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Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

29/08/1898

Day of Death

06/08/1959
(61) years old

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1941 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGin... Read More

Known For

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Paris Holiday

Paris Holiday

Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

Christmas in July

Christmas in July

Filmography

Cast

1990

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an...

as (archive)

1958

Paris Holiday

as Serge Vitry

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Preston Sturges

1940

Christmas in July

as Man at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

Crew

1984

Unfaithfully Yours

as Original Film Writer

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Story

1956

The Birds and the Bees

as Screenplay

1955

The French, They Are a Funny Race

as Director

1955

The French, They Are a Funny Race

as Writer

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Director

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Writer

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Producer

1948

Unfaithfully Yours

as Screenplay

1948

Unfaithfully Yours

as Director

1948

Unfaithfully Yours

as Producer

1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Director

1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Screenplay

1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Producer

1947

I'll Be Yours

as Writer

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Director

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Producer

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Writer

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Writer

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Director

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Producer

1944

The Great Moment

as Screenplay

1944

The Great Moment

as Director

1942

I Married a Witch

as Producer

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Director

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Screenplay

1942

Safeguarding Military Information

as Director

1942

Safeguarding Military Information

as Writer

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Director

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Writer

1941

The Lady Eve

as Screenplay

1941

The Lady Eve

as Director

1940

Christmas in July

as Writer

1940

Christmas in July

as Director

1940

Christmas in July

as Theatre Play

1940

The Great McGinty

as Writer

1940

The Great McGinty

as Director

1940

Remember the Night

as Screenplay

1939

Never Say Die

as Screenplay

1938

If I Were King

as Screenplay

1938

Port of Seven Seas

as Writer

1938

College Swing

as Screenplay

1937

Easy Living

as Screenplay

1937

Hotel Haywire

as Writer

1936

Love Before Breakfast

as Writer

1935

Diamond Jim

as Writer

1935

The Good Fairy

as Screenplay

1934

We Live Again

as Adaptation

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Screenplay

1934

Twentieth Century

as Writer

1933

The Invisible Man

as Writer

1933

The Power and the Glory

as Screenplay

1933

Child of Manhattan

as Theatre Play

1933

They Just Had to Get Married

as Writer

1931

Strictly Dishonorable

as Theatre Play

1930

The Big Pond

as Dialogue