Directors: Heisler, Stuart–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
August 22, 2020 Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: Formal Education: Training: First Film: Breakthrough: First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film and First Nom: Other Oscars: Other Oscar Nominations: Oscar Awards: Nominations Span: Genre (specialties): Collaborators: Last Film: Contract: Career Length: Career Output: Marriage: Politics: Death: Stuart Heisler Filmography 1930s: 1 […]
Directors: George Sherman–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
Highly prolific, George Sherman had directed over 100 films, many of them westerns.
Oscar Actors: Debose, Ariana–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Tony Nom, LGBTQ, Queer)
For West Side Story, she received multiple accolades, including Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, making her the first Afro-Latina and queer woman of color to win the latter award, and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Movie Stars: Grant, Cary–Accent; Screen Test; Screen Name
The slight Cockney accent that Grant had picked up during his time with the Pender troupe in Bristol and London, blended with his efforts to sound American, resulted in his unique manner of speaking.
Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen Filmography
Andrew V. McLaglen Filmography; 1956-1991; 35 years; Output: 34
Bogart, Humphrey: Genres (Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Noir, War, Western)
Of the 75 films that he made in a career spanning 27 tears, 43 were crime stories, 15 were war tales, 3 were Westerns, and only 2 were straight comedies
Bogart, Humphrey: Actor–Generous (Jean Tierney, Joan Bennett)
Humphrey Bogart was not only the ultimate professional–he also could be generous with actors, particularly those who were blacklisted, down on their luck or having personal problems.
John Wayne: Summary Image
It was John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) that made Wayne a mainstream star, and he starred in 142 motion pictures altogether (excluding silents)
Oscar Directors: Bunuel, Luis (1900-1983)–Belle de Jour, Viridiana, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Luis Buñuel Portolés (February 22, 1900–July 29, 1983), a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. Bunuel has been considered by many critics, historians, and directors as one of the most influential and greatest filmmakers of all time. When Buñuel died at age 83, his obituary in The NY Times called him “an […]
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