Preston Sturges

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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, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. In recent years, film scholars such as Alessandro Pirolini have also argued that Sturg…

  • Directing
  • Born 29 August 1898
  • Died 6 August 1959 (age 60)
  • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 40 credits

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Most-watched Preston Sturges films currently: I Married a Witch (1942), Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Lady Eve (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), Hail the Conquering Hero (1944).

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Selected TV credits: Reflets de Cannes (1954).

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