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Born February 17, 1890 • Spokane • Washington
Died September 19, 1980 (aged 90) • Los Angeles • California
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Merv Griffin
American television producer, talk-show host, and entrepreneur
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Ernest Lehman
American screenwriter and film producer
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Dominick Dunne
American writer
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Jesse Lasky
American producer
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
American director, writer, and actor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
American film director
William Wyler
William Wyler
German-born American director
Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo.
Howard Hawks
American director
Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.
Billy Wilder
Austrian-born American director and producer
Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.
Francis Ford Coppola
American director and screenwriter
American director Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
American director
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Mervyn LeRoy
American director and producer
George Stevens
George Stevens
American director
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
American filmmaker
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
American director and author
Creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Walt Disney
American film producer