John Sturges
Sign in to saveAmerican film director (1910–1992)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1736
- Died
- 1807
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Sermon at the consecration of the Rt. Rev. John Butler, Ld. Bishop of Oxford, May 25, 1777
- Short remarks on A new translation of Isaiah
- Decision making in magistrates' courts
- Considerations on the present state of the church-establishment
- Discourses
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Oak Park, Illinois, USA
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963) and Ice Station Zebra (1968).
Known for
- Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie — Self (archive footage)2021
- Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self1986
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 383
- Total plays
- 859
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,779x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Eliot Sturges , ( 1910-01-03 ) January 3, 1910, Oak Park, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- August 18, 1992 (1992-08-18) (aged 82), San Luis Obispo, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 3 January 1910
- Died
- 18 August 1992
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Sturges
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oak Park
- Place of death
- San Luis Obispo
- Occupation
- producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
John Eliot Sturges (/ˈstɜːrdʒɪs/; January 3, 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director. His films include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). In 2013 and 2018, respectively, The Magnificent Seven and Bad Day at Black Rock were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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