From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright...read more
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1941 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, ...read more
Department
Writing
Birthday
1898-08-29
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
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13th Academy Awards
(1941)
17th Academy Awards
(1945)
17th Academy Awards
(1945)
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