Douglas Sirk
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1987
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Captain Lightfoot
- There's always tomorrow
- Imitation of life
- Sirk on Sirk (Cinema One)
- Sirk on Sirk
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Hamburg, Germany
Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.
Known for
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self (archive footage)2023
- Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair — Self (archive footage)2022
- Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense — Self (archive footage)2010
- Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' — Self (archive footage)2009
- Acting for Douglas Sirk — Self (archive footage)2008
- Days with Sirk — Self2008
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch — Self (archive footage)2006
- From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers — Self (archive footage)1991
- Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk — Self1987
- Imitation of Life — Self1983
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 73
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 73,090x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,919x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,816x
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,739x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 23,215x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Hans Detlef Sierck , ( 1897-04-26 ) 26 April 1897, Hamburg , Germany
- Died
- 14 January 1987 (1987-01-14) (aged 89), Lugano , Ticino , Switzerland
- Years active
- 1922–1979
- Spouses
- Lydia Brinken ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1929 – 1934 ) Hilde Jary ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 )
- Children
- Klaus Detlef Sierck
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 26 April 1897
- Died
- 14 January 1987
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Douglas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- West Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Lugano
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- German Film Award
Article
Poster for the film Written on the Wind
Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.