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Howard Hawks
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Birth Name:
Howard Winchester Hawks
Birth Place:
Goshen, IN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
May 30, Gemini
Date of Death:
12/26/1977
Profession:
Director; producer; screenwriter
Howard Hawks Fast Facts:
Studied mechanical engineering at Cornell.
Began his Hollywood career as a prop man before serving in World War I; after the war, worked on silent films for Paramount and Fox.
His films are distinguished by rapid-fire verbal sparring and the importance of body language and gestures such as the lighting of cigarettes.
Worked in almost every genre, from westerns (
Red River
) to war films (
Sergeant York
) to noir (
The Big Sleep
); set the benchmark for mob films with 1932's
Scarface
and for madcap comedies with 1938's
Bringing Up Baby
.
Had a knack for pairing iconic romantic duos, including Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in
Bringing Up Baby
, Carole Lombard and John Barrymore in
Twentieth Century,
and Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in
To Have and Have Not
.
Howard Hawks Relationships:
Athole Shearer - Ex-wife
Barbara - Daughter
David Hawks - Son
Dee Hartford - Ex-wife
Frank W. Hawks - Father
Grace - Sister
Gregg Hawks - Son
Helen - Sister
Helen Howard Hawks - Mother
Kenneth Hawks - Brother
Kitty - Daughter
Nancy Gross - Ex-wife
Peter Hawks - Son
William B. Hawks - Brother
Howard Hawks Awards:
1941 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1974 Oscar: Honorary Award - Winner
College:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1917)
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