Preston Sturges

Director

Born: August 29, 1898
Died: August 6, 1959 (age 60)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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,…

Filmography (16)

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990)
Self (archive footage)
Paris Holiday (1958)
Serge Vitry
The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)
Director
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Director
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Director
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Director
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Director
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Director
The Great Moment (1944)
Director
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Director
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Preston Sturges
Safeguarding Military Information
Safeguarding Military Information (1942)
Director
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Director
The Lady Eve (1941)
Director
Christmas in July (1940)
Director
The Great McGinty (1940)
Director