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Howard Hawks

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)

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Howard Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who worked from the early 20th century until his death in 1977. He is considered an important figure in cinema history, known for directing films across multiple genres including westerns, comedies, and adventure pictures.

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Born: 1896
Died: 1977
Works: 13

Top works

Thing - o Monstro Do Ártico
Thing from the World's End
Only angels have wings (1939)
Kantoku Hawādo Hōkusu "eiga" o kataru
Rio Lobo

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Directing · Goshen, Indiana, USA

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres, including screwball comedies [Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)], westerns [Red River (1948), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1967)], adventure films…

Known for

Hawks on Hawks — Self (archive footage)2017
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière — Self (archive footage)2017
Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)2011
Metropolis Refound — Self (archive footage)2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009

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Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. The 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.

A versatile 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".