Preston Sturges

E524440
film director human playwright producer screenwriter

Preston Sturges was a pioneering American filmmaker and screenwriter of the 1940s, celebrated for his sharp, fast-paced screwball comedies and for being one of the first prominent writer-directors in Hollywood.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeInDecade 1940s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork The Great McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1941 ⓘ
birthDate 1898-08-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1959-08-06 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
directed Christmas in July NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hail the Conquering Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sullivan's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Moment NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Lady Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Palm Beach Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unfaithfully Yours NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Paramount Pictures ⓘ
familyName Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Edmund Preston Biden NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ
givenName Edmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignatureStyle rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ
satirical treatment of American life ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Mary Desti NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first major writer-directors in Hollywood ⓘ
notableWork Christmas in July NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hail the Conquering Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sullivan's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Lady Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Palm Beach Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unfaithfully Yours NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
spouse Eleanor Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Estelle De Wolfe Mudge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louise Sargent Tevis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandy Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Hail the Conquering Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sullivan's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Lady Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Palm Beach Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unfaithfully Yours NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

The Great McGinty → director → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Great McGinty → writer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Great McGinty → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Great McGinty → awardReceivedBy → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Great McGinty → screenDebutAsDirectorFor → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Eddie Bracken → workedWith → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek → director → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek → producer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Power and the Glory (1933 film) → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Power and the Glory (1933 film) → screenplayDebutOf → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Joel McCrea → workedWith → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Sullivan's Travels → director → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Sullivan's Travels → writer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
I Married a Witch → producer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Easy Living → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Easy Living → writer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Remember the Night → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Remember the Night → writer → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Remember the Night → partOfCareerMilestoneFor → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Ernst Lubitsch → hasInfluenced → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Lady Eve → director → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Lady Eve → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → bestOriginalScreenplayWriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Franklin Pangborn → workedWith → Preston Sturges ⓘ
If I Were King (1938 film) → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
The Good Fairy (1935) → screenwriter → Preston Sturges ⓘ
Preston → hasNotableBearer → Preston Sturges ⓘ