Henry Hathaway
American film director and producer (1898-1985)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1985-02-11
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Legend of the lost
- Nob Hill
- Niagara
- Henry Hathaway
- Nevada Smith
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Film & TV
Directing · Sacramento, California, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring John Wayne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Hathaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self (archive footage)2010
- The Storm Woman1917
via TMDB
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Henry Hathaway (born Henri Léopold de Fiennes; March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was best known as a director of Western, adventure, and noir films, especially starring John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), starring Cooper.
According to the BFI, Hathaway "epitomised what’s known as the ‘journeyman’ director."