Mitchell Leisen

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art director costume designer film director film producer human screenwriter

Mitchell Leisen was an American film director, art director, and costume designer known for his stylish Hollywood productions from the 1930s and 1940s.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
James Mitchell Leisen 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art director ⓘ
costume designer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
birthName Mitchell Leisen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Mitchell Leisen
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-10-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-10-28 ⓘ
employer Paramount Pictures ⓘ
familyName Leisen ⓘ
genre melodrama film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Mitchell Leisen self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAward Academy Award nomination for Best Director for "Hold Back the Dawn" ⓘ
notableFor stylish Hollywood productions ⓘ
notableWork Death Takes a Holiday ⓘ
Easy Living ⓘ
Hands Across the Table ⓘ
Hold Back the Dawn ⓘ
Lady in the Dark ⓘ
Midnight ⓘ
No Time for Love ⓘ
Remember the Night ⓘ
To Each His Own ⓘ
occupation art director ⓘ
costume designer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Menominee, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Menominee, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
workedWith Barbara Stanwyck ⓘ
Claudette Colbert ⓘ
Fred MacMurray ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
workLocation Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitchell Leisen → birthName → Mitchell Leisen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Mitchell Leisen
The Thief of Bagdad → costumeDesigner → Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Lady in the Dark → filmAdaptationDirector → Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
Mitchell Leisen → name → Mitchell Leisen self-link ⓘ