Preston Sturges
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,...
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,...
Known For
Cast Credits
Paris Holiday
as Serge Vitry
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Preston Sturges
Christmas in July
as Man at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Crew Credits
Unfaithfully Yours
Original Film Writer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Story
The Birds and the Bees
Screenplay
Unfaithfully Yours
Director
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Director
I'll Be Yours
Writer
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Director
Hail the Conquering Hero
Director
The Great Moment
Director
I Married a Witch
Producer
The Palm Beach Story
Director
Sullivan's Travels
Director
The Lady Eve
Director
Christmas in July
Director
The Great McGinty
Director
Remember the Night
Screenplay
Never Say Die
Screenplay
If I Were King
Screenplay
Port of Seven Seas
Writer
College Swing
Screenplay
Easy Living
Screenplay
Hotel Haywire
Writer
Love Before Breakfast
Writer
Diamond Jim
Writer
The Good Fairy
Screenplay
We Live Again
Adaptation
Thirty Day Princess
Screenplay
Twentieth Century
Writer