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Preston Sturges (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ s /; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is credited as being the first screenwriter to find success as a director.
Preston Sturges was a writer, director and producer of comedy films in Hollywood from 1932 to 1955. He won an Oscar for The Great McGinty (1940) and made classics like Sullivan's Travels (1941) and The Lady Eve (1941).
Feb 5, 2016 · Screwball’s screwiest and ballsiest proponent in Hollywood’s golden age, Preston Sturges’ journey to breaking through the ranks of studio team-writers to become one of the most prominent writer-directors of the time, is certainly a storied one.
Preston Sturges (born August 29, 1898, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 6, 1959, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s.
Mar 17, 2024 · Preston Sturges was an influential filmmaker who hit his creative peak during the 1940s and '50s. He started his career on the stage in the 1920s before pivoting to...
Preston Sturges. Writer: Sullivan's Travels. Preston Sturges' own life is as unlikely as some of the plots of his best work. He was born into a wealthy family. As a boy he helped out on stage productions for his mother's friend, Isadora Duncan (the scarf that strangled her was made by his mother's company, Maison Desti).
Apr 3, 2023 · In 1941, when Preston Sturges, the master of the screwball comedy, won the first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, he stumbled onstage and attempted a joke.
