Howard Hawks

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896  December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger Ebert called Hawks "one of the greatest American directors of pure movies, and a hero of auteur critics because he found his own laconic values in so many different kinds of genre material." He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York (1941) and earned the Honorary Academy Award in 1974.

Howard Hawks
Hawks in the 1940s
Born
Howard Winchester Hawks

(1896-05-30)May 30, 1896
DiedDecember 26, 1977(1977-12-26) (aged 81)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Alma materCornell University
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1916–1970
Notable work
Scarface, Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Ball of Fire, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rio Bravo
Spouses
(m. 1928; div. 1940)
    Slim Keith
    (m. 1941; div. 1949)
      (m. 1953; div. 1959)
      Children3, including Kitty Hawks
      Relatives

      A versatile film director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films, and westerns. His most popular films include Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959). His frequent portrayals of strong, tough-talking female characters came to define the "Hawksian woman".

      This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.