Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges Directing

29 Aug, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA – 06 Aug, 1959 (60)

 

Preston Sturges Directing

29 Aug, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA – 06 Aug, 1959 (60)

 
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 McGinty. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and... see more
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 McGinty. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and... see more

Original Film Writer

10/02/1984

Story

23/07/1958

Acting (Serge Vitry)

05/04/1958

Screenplay

11/05/1956

Director · Writer

09/12/1955

Director · Writer · Producer

27/05/1949

Screenplay · Director · Producer

05/11/1948

Screenplay · Director · Producer

04/04/1947

Writer

02/02/1947

Director · Writer · Producer

18/09/1944

Writer · Director · Producer

09/08/1944

Screenplay · Director

18/07/1944

Producer

30/10/1942

Director · Screenplay

28/08/1942

Acting (Preston Sturges)

05/03/1942

Director · Writer

16/01/1942

Director · Writer

30/11/1941

Director

25/02/1941

Acting (Man at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)) · Writer · Director · Theatre Play

25/10/1940

Director · Writer

01/08/1940

Screenplay

19/01/1940

Screenplay

08/03/1939

Screenplay

28/09/1938

Writer

01/07/1938

Screenplay

29/04/1938

Screenplay

16/07/1937

Writer

04/06/1937

Writer

09/03/1936

Writer

01/09/1935

Screenplay

18/02/1935

Adaptation

01/11/1934

Screenplay

18/05/1934

Writer

11/05/1934

Screenplay

06/10/1933

Theatre Play

11/02/1933

Writer

05/01/1933

Theatre Play

01/12/1931

Dialogue

03/05/1930
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