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Preston Sturges (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ s /; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is credited as being the first screenwriter to find success as a director.
Preston Sturges (1898-1959) Preston Sturges. Writer. Director. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Preston Sturges' own life is as unlikely as some of the plots of his best work. He was born into a wealthy family.
Apr 10, 2024 · Preston Sturges (born August 29, 1898, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 6, 1959, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s.
Oct 8, 1997 · Premiere: 7/2/1990. Considered the father of the screwball comedy, Preston Sturges was recognized as one of the great early writers in Hollywood. Sturges was born in 1898 in Chicago,...
August 29, 1898 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. August 6, 1959 · New York City, New York, USA (heart attack) Birth name. Edmund Preston Biden. Height. 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m) Mini Bio. Preston Sturges' own life is as unlikely as some of the plots of his best work. He was born into a wealthy family.
Apr 18, 2024 · The Best Years of Preston Sturges. How the auteur of screwball found and lost his way. Peter Tonguette. HUMANITIES, Spring 2024, Volume 45, Number 2. Published on April 18, 2024. Photo caption. A little more than a year before Peter Bogdanovich died, I called him to talk about Preston Sturges. This made a certain amount of sense.
Feb 5, 2016 · Preston Sturges: 10 essential films. Across both his early screenplays and the classic run of screwball comedies he later made as director, here are 10 of the best places to get that Preston Sturges feeling.
