Preston Sturges
Directing·August 29, 1898·† August 6, 1959 — 60 years old·Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.
Known For
Sullivan's Travels
1941·7.4
The Lady Eve
1941·7.3
I Married a Witch
1942·6.9
The Palm Beach Story
1942·7.0
Remember the Night
1940·7.3
Unfaithfully Yours
1948·7.2
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944·6.9
Twentieth Century
1934·6.8
Christmas in July
1940·7.0
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958·6.8
The Great McGinty
1940·7.0
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944·7.1
Filmography · 40
1990Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American DreamerSelf (archive footage)1984Unfaithfully YoursOriginal Film Writer1958Rock-a-Bye BabyStory1958Paris HolidaySerge Vitry1956The Birds and the BeesScreenplay1955The French, They Are a Funny RaceDirector · Writer1954Reflets de CannesTVSelf1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful BendDirector · Writer · Producer1948Unfaithfully YoursDirector · Screenplay · Producer1947The Sin of Harold DiddlebockScreenplay · Director · Producer1947I'll Be YoursWriter1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekDirector · Producer · Writer1944Hail the Conquering HeroWriter · Director · Producer1944The Great MomentScreenplay · Director1942I Married a WitchProducer1942The Palm Beach StoryScreenplay · Director1942Star Spangled RhythmPreston Sturges1942Safeguarding Military InformationDirector · Writer1941Sullivan's TravelsDirector · Writer1941The Lady EveDirector · Screenplay1940Christmas in JulyMan at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited) · Writer · Director · Theatre Play1940The Great McGintyDirector · Writer1940Remember the NightScreenplay1939Never Say DieScreenplay1938If I Were KingScreenplay1938Port of Seven SeasWriter1938College SwingScreenplay1937Easy LivingScreenplay1937Hotel HaywireWriter1936Love Before BreakfastWriter1935Diamond JimWriter1935The Good FairyScreenplay1934We Live AgainAdaptation1934Thirty Day PrincessScreenplay1934Twentieth CenturyWriter1933The Power and the GloryScreenplay1933Child of ManhattanTheatre Play1933They Just Had to Get MarriedWriter1931Strictly DishonorableTheatre Play1930The Big PondDialogue