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Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Actor, Writer, Director

Born August 29, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died August 6, 1959

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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 ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations.

In recent years, film scholars such as Alessandro Pirolini have also argued that Sturges' cinema anticipated more experimental narratives by contemporary directors such as Joel and Ethan Coen, Robert Zemeckis, and Woody Allen, along with prolific The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder: "Many of [Sturges'] movies and screenplays reveal a restless and impatient attempt to escape codified rules and narrative schemata, and to push the mechanisms and conventions of their genre to the extent of unveiling them to the spectator. [See for example] the disruption of standardized timelines in films such as The Power and the Glory and The Great McGinty [or the way] an apparently classical comedy such as Unfaithfully Yours (1948) shifts into the realm of multiple and hypothetical narratives.

Prior to Sturges, other figures in Hollywood (such as Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Frank Capra) had directed films from their own scripts. However, Sturges is often regarded as the first Hollywood figure to be initially mainly successfully established as a screenwriter and then to subsequently move into directing his own scripts, at a time when those roles were mostly entrenched and separate. Famously, Sturges sold the story for The Great McGinty to Paramount Pictures for $1, in return for being allowed to direct the film; the sum was quietly raised to $10 by the studio for legal reasons.

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3 wins and 2 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Preston Sturges and 'the Miracle of Morgan's Creek' Documentary2005

Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies Documentary1982

Paris Holiday Poster

Paris Holiday Feature Film1958

Reflets de Cannes TV Series1952

Star Spangled Rhythm Poster

Star Spangled Rhythm Feature Film1942

Sullivan's Travels Poster

Sullivan's Travels Feature Film1941

Christmas in July Poster

Christmas in July Feature Film1940

Writer

46

Type

Year

Welcome to the Basement Poster

Welcome to the Basement TV Series2012

Unfaithfully Yours Poster

Unfaithfully Yours Feature Film1984

Rock-a-Bye Baby Poster

Rock-a-Bye Baby Feature Film1958

The Birds and the Bees Poster

The Birds and the Bees Feature Film1956

The French, They Are a Funny Race Poster

The French, They Are a Funny Race Feature Film1955

Strictly Dishonorable Poster

Strictly Dishonorable Feature Film1951

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950

Vendetta Poster

Vendetta Feature Film1950

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Poster

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Feature Film1949

Unfaithfully Yours Poster

Unfaithfully Yours Feature Film1948

I'll Be Yours Poster

I'll Be Yours Feature Film1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Poster

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Feature Film1947

Hail the Conquering Hero Poster

Hail the Conquering Hero Feature Film1944

The Great Moment Poster

The Great Moment Feature Film1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Poster

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Feature Film1944

Safeguarding Military Information Poster

Safeguarding Military Information Short Film1942

The Palm Beach Story Poster

The Palm Beach Story Feature Film1942

New York Town Poster

New York Town Feature Film1941

Sullivan's Travels Poster

Sullivan's Travels Feature Film1941

The Lady Eve Poster

The Lady Eve Feature Film1941

Broadway Melody of 1940 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1940 Feature Film1940

Christmas in July Poster

Christmas in July Feature Film1940

Remember the Night Poster

Remember the Night Feature Film1940

The Great McGinty Poster

The Great McGinty Feature Film1940

Never Say Die Poster

Never Say Die Feature Film1939

College Swing Poster

College Swing Feature Film1938

If I Were King Poster

If I Were King Feature Film1938

Port of Seven Seas Poster

Port of Seven Seas Feature Film1938

Easy Living Poster

Easy Living Feature Film1937

Hotel Haywire Poster

Hotel Haywire Feature Film1937

Love Before Breakfast Poster

Love Before Breakfast Feature Film1936

Next Time We Love Poster

Next Time We Love Feature Film1936

Diamond Jim Poster

Diamond Jim Feature Film1935

The Good Fairy Poster

The Good Fairy Feature Film1935

Imitation of Life Poster

Imitation of Life Feature Film1934

Thirty Day Princess Poster

Thirty Day Princess Feature Film1934

Twentieth Century Poster

Twentieth Century Feature Film1934

We Live Again Poster

We Live Again Feature Film1934

Child of Manhattan Poster

Child of Manhattan Feature Film1933

The Invisible Man Poster

The Invisible Man Feature Film1933

The Power and the Glory Poster

The Power and the Glory Feature Film1933

They Just Had to Get Married Poster

They Just Had to Get Married Feature Film1932

Strictly Dishonorable Poster

Strictly Dishonorable Feature Film1931

Fast and Loose Poster

Fast and Loose Feature Film1930

La grande mare Poster

La grande mare Feature Film1930

The Big Pond Poster

The Big Pond Feature Film1930

Director

14

Type

Year

The French, They Are a Funny Race Poster

The French, They Are a Funny Race Feature Film1955

Vendetta Poster

Vendetta Feature Film1950

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Poster

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Feature Film1949

Unfaithfully Yours Poster

Unfaithfully Yours Feature Film1948

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Poster

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Feature Film1947

Hail the Conquering Hero Poster

Hail the Conquering Hero Feature Film1944

The Great Moment Poster

The Great Moment Feature Film1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Poster

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Feature Film1944

Safeguarding Military Information Poster

Safeguarding Military Information Short Film1942

The Palm Beach Story Poster

The Palm Beach Story Feature Film1942

Sullivan's Travels Poster

Sullivan's Travels Feature Film1941

The Lady Eve Poster

The Lady Eve Feature Film1941

Christmas in July Poster

Christmas in July Feature Film1940

The Great McGinty Poster

The Great McGinty Feature Film1940

Producer

8

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Poster

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Feature Film1949

Unfaithfully Yours Poster

Unfaithfully Yours Feature Film1948

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Poster

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Feature Film1947

Hail the Conquering Hero Poster

Hail the Conquering Hero Feature Film1944

The Great Moment Poster

The Great Moment Feature Film1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Poster

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Feature Film1944

I Married a Witch Poster

I Married a Witch Feature Film1942

Sullivan's Travels Poster

Sullivan's Travels Feature Film1941

Other Crew

1

The Power and the Glory Poster

The Power and the Glory Feature Film1933

Thanks

1

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Poster

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Feature Film2014

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