Jean Negulesco
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 26, 1900
- Died
- July 18, 1993 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Negulesco (26 February 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-born American film director and screenwriter. Born in Craiova, he attended Carol I High School. In 1915 he moved to Vienna, in 1919 to Bucharest, where he worked as a painter, before becoming a stage decorator in Paris. In 1927 he went to New York City for an exhibition of his paintings, and settled there. In 1934 he entered the film industry, first as a sketch artist, then as an assistant producer, second unit director and in the late 1930s he became a director and screenwriter. He made a reputation at Warner Brothers by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes. Negulesco's first feature film as director was Singapore Woman (1941). In 1948 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for Johnny Belinda. In 1955, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film for How to Marry a Millionaire. His 1959 movie The Best of Everything was on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" list. From the late 1960s, he lived in Marbella, Spain. He died there at age 93, of heart failure. During his Hollywood career and in his 1984 autobiography, Negulesco claimed to have been born on 29 February 1900; he was apparently motivated to make this statement because birthdays on Leap Year Day are comparatively rare. In fact, 1900 was not a leap year, so there was no 29 February in 1900. Negulesco's autobiography (in which this claim appears) is appropriately titled Things I Did and Things I Think I Did. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Negulesco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Hello-Goodbye
Movie · Director
The Invincible Six
Movie · Director
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · Second Unit Director
The Pleasure Seekers
Movie · Director
Jessica
Movie · Director
The Best of Everything
Movie · Director
Count Your Blessings
Movie · Director
A Certain Smile
Movie · Director
The Gift of Love
Movie · Director
Boy on a Dolphin
Movie · Director
The Dark Wave
Movie · Director
Daddy Long Legs
Movie · Director
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie · Director
Three Coins in the Fountain
Movie · Director
Woman's World
Movie · Director
How to Marry a Millionaire
Movie · Director
Titanic
Movie · Director
Scandal at Scourie
Movie · Director
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · Director
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie · Director
Lure of the Wilderness
Movie · Director
Lydia Bailey
Movie · Director
Take Care of My Little Girl
Movie · Director
Under My Skin
Movie · Director
Three Came Home
Movie · Director
The Mudlark
Movie · Director
The Forbidden Street
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Road House
Movie · Director
Johnny Belinda
Movie · Director
Humoresque
Movie · Director
Deep Valley
Movie · Director
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · Director
Three Strangers
Movie · Director
The Conspirators
Movie · Director
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie · Director
Roaring Guns
Movie · Director
The United States Army Band
Movie · Director
Women at War
Movie · Director
Hit Parade of the Gay Nineties
Movie · Director
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
Movie · Director
Cavalcade of Dance
Movie · Director
The United States Navy Band
Movie · Director
Food and Magic
Movie · Director
Three Cheers for the Girls
Movie · Director
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie · Director
Over the Wall
Movie · Director
The United States Service Bands
Movie · Director
All Star Melody Masters
Movie · Director
Six Hits and a Miss
Movie · Director
Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica School
Movie · Director
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
Movie · Director
Calling All Girls
Movie · Director
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Movie · Director
The Gay Parisian
Movie · Director
Spanish Fiesta
Movie · Director
A Ship Is Born
Movie · Director
The United States Army Air Force Band
Movie · Director
The United States Marine Band
Movie · Director
The Playgirls
Movie · Director
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Movie · Director
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Movie · Director
Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
Movie · Director
Singapore Woman
Movie · Director
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie · Director
Those Good Old Days
Movie · Director
City for Conquest
Movie · Director
The Sea Hawk
Movie · Second Unit Director
Henry Busse and His Orchestra
Movie · Director
Alice in Movieland
Movie · Director
The Flag of Humanity
Movie · Director
Crash Donovan
Movie · Co-Director