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Douglas Sirk: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Hans Detlef Sierck • Detlef Sierck
Born April 26, 1897 • Hamburg • Germany
Died January 14, 1987 (aged 89) • Lugano • Switzerland
Notable Works “Sleep, My Love” • “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” • “All I Desire” • “Battle Hymn” • “Captain Lightfoot” • “Hitler’s Madman” • “Imitation of Life” • “Lured” • “Magnificent Obsession” • “Mystery Submarine” • “Sign of the Pagan” • “Summer Storm” • “Take Me to Town” • “Taza, Son of Cochise” • “The First Legion” • “The Tarnished Angels” • “There’s Always Tomorrow” • “Written on the Wind”

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Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman recline together on the floor in front of a lit fireplace in a scene from All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk.
Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind (1956)
Karen Dicker, Juanita Moore, and Terry Burnham sit together on a couch while Lana Turner stands holding a folder in a living room scene from the film Imitation of Life (1959).
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Judith Malina
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Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
American filmmaker
Sidney Lumet in a tuxedo holds his Honorary Academy Award and smiles backstage at the 77th Annual Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Sidney Lumet
American director
Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Mike Nichols
American director
Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.
Elia Kazan
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Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
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Arthur Penn looks through a Panavision film camera while directing The Missouri Breaks, wearing a hat and sunglasses on his head.
Arthur Penn
American director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Rob Reiner smiling at an event, wearing a dark jacket, pale pink shirt, and burgundy tie, with a yellow and black background behind him.
Rob Reiner
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Martin Ritt
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Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
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Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
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Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Bob Fosse with a beard and open-collared shirt, looking to the side in a black and white publicity still from the film All That Jazz.
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
American director, critic, and actor
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Sidney Poitier
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Matthew Broderick
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Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer