Preston Sturges Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was a screenwriter and director best known for his comedic contribution to American film. He was one of Hollywood's great filmmakers.

Born Edmund Preston Biden on August, 29 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, he was the first writer to direct his own script, and thus the credit "written and directed by" first appeared before his name in The Great McGinty. He won the first Academy Award ever given for Writing Original Screenplay for that script. He died August 6, 1959 in New York.

Table of contents

1 Feature-films filmography 2 Awards 3 External link

Feature-films filmography

• The Great McGinty (1940)
• Christmas in July (1940)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942)
• I Married a Witch (producer) (1942)
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
• The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (Mad Wednesday) (1947)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
• The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
• The French, They Are a Funny Race (Les carnets du Major Thompson) (1955)

Awards

• Best Writing Original Screenplay, 1940 Academy Award

External link

• Official Preston Sturges Site

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