John Sturges

John Sturges Headshot

Director

Birth Date: January 3, 1910

Death Date: August 18, 1992

Birth Place: Oak Park, Illinois

Reliable Hollywood craftsman who established his reputation in the mid-1950s with a series of intense, morally charged features such as "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1954) and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), before moving on to bigger--though not especially better--productions.

Sturges began his career as an editor, co-directed the war documentary, "Thunderbolt" (1945), with William Wyler, and subsequently specialized in action and western features. Other notable films include "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "The Great Escape" (1963) and--Howard Hughes' favorite movie--"Ice Station Zebra" (1968).

Credits

Colors of War: Europe

Director
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2009

The Eagle Has LandedStream

Director
Movie
1976
67%

McQStream

Director
Movie
1974
40%

Chino

Director
Movie
1973

Joe KiddStream

Director
Movie
1972
80%

MaroonedStream

Director
Movie
1969
86%

Ice Station ZebraStream

Director
Movie
1968
47%

Hour of the GunStream

Director
Movie
1967
88%

Hour of the GunStream

Producer
Movie
1967
88%

The Hallelujah TrailStream

Director
Movie
1965
33%

The Satan Bug

Director
Movie
1965

The Satan Bug

Producer
Movie
1965

The Great EscapeStream

Director
Movie
1963
94%

The Great EscapeStream

Producer
Movie
1963
94%

A Girl Named Tamiko

Director
Movie
1962

Sergeants 3

Director
Movie
1962

By Love Possessed

Director
Movie
1961

The Magnificent SevenStream

Director
Movie
1960
89%

The Magnificent SevenStream

Producer
Movie
1960
89%

Last Train From Gun HillStream

Director
Movie
1959
91%

Never So FewStream

Director
Movie
1959
40%

The Law and Jake WadeStream

Director
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1958

The Old Man and the SeaStream

Director
Movie
1958
83%

Gunfight at the O.K. CorralStream

Director
Movie
1957
85%

Obračun kod O.K. Corrala

Director
Movie
1957

Backlash

Director
Movie
1956

El Tesoro Submarino

Director
Movie
1955

Bad Day at Black RockStream

Director
Movie
1955
97%

Coup de Fouet en Retour

Director
Movie
1955

The Scarlet Coat

Director
Movie
1955

Underwater!

Director
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1955

Jeopardy

Director
Movie
1953

Escape From Fort BravoStream

Director
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1953

Fast Company

Director
Movie
1953

The Girl in White

Director
Movie
1952

The People Against O'Hara

Director
Movie
1951

It's a Big Country

Director
Movie
1951

Kind Lady

Director
Movie
1951

The Capture

Director
Movie
1950

Mystery Street

Director
Movie
1950

Right Cross

Director
Movie
1950

The Magnificent YankeeStream

Director
Movie
1950
83%

The Walking Hills

Director
Movie
1949

The Sign of the Ram

Director
Movie
1948

Best Man Wins

Director
Movie
1948

Keeper of the Bees

Director
Movie
1947

Alias Mr. Twilight

Director
Movie
1947

Thunderbolt

Director
Movie
1946

Shadowed

Director
Movie
1946

The Man Who Dared

Director
Movie
1944

Gunga DinStream

Film Editing
Movie
1939
92%