Biography: life and films
Preston Sturges was an American screenwriter and film director whose birth name was Edmund Preston Biden. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 29th August 1898 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 6th August 1959, aged 60.His best films as a screenwriter include James Whale's comedy-thriller The Invisible Man (1933), Mitchell Leisen's comedy Easy Living (1937), Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Lady Eve (1941) and The Palm Beach Story (1942), and whose best work as a film director include Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Lady Eve (1941) and The Palm Beach Story (1942).
Preston Sturges scripted 43 films, directed 13 films and appeared in 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Norman Taurog (2 films), Mitchell Leisen (2), John M. Stahl (2), James Whale (2) and Hobart Henley (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (30 films), comedy-romance (19), drama (8), romance (6), comedy-drama (4), War (2) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Preston Sturges over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Fast and Loose (1930) [w]
La Grande mare (1930) [w]
The Big Pond (1930) [w]
Strictly Dishonorable (1931) [w]
They Just Had to Get Married (1932) [w]
Child of Manhattan (1933) [w]
The Power and the Glory (1933) [w]
Imitation of Life (1934) [w]
Thirty Day Princess (1934) [w]
Twentieth Century (1934) [w]
We Live Again (1934) [w]
Diamond Jim (1935) [w]
The Good Fairy (1935) [w]
Love Before Breakfast (1936) [w]
Next Time We Love (1936) [w]
Easy Living (1937) [w]
Hotel Haywire (1937) [w]
College Swing (1938) [w]
If I Were King (1938) [w]
Port of Seven Seas (1938) [w]
Never Say Die (1939) [w]
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) [w]
Christmas in July (1940) [d,w]
Remember the Night (1940) [w]
The Great McGinty (1940) [d,w]
New York Town (1941) [w]
Sullivan's Travels (1941) [d,w]
The Lady Eve (1941) [d,w]
The Palm Beach Story (1942) [d,w]
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) [d,w]
The Great Moment (1944) [d,w]
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) [d,w]
I'll Be Yours (1947) [w]
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) [d,w]
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) [d,w]
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) [d,w]
Vendetta (1950) [d,w]
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) [w]
Les Carnets du Major Thompson (1955) [d,w]
The Birds and the Bees (1956) [w]
Paris Holiday (1958) [a]
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958) [w]
Unfaithfully Yours (1984) [w]
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