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Frank Borzage

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Actor | * 04/23/1894 († 68, 06/19/1962) | Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards. Born to European immigrant parents in Salt Lake City, Borzage began his career as a teenager performing with traveling theater groups throughout the western United States before finding employment in Hollywood in 1912, where he began directing and acting in short films before transitioning to feature films. Borzage's other directorial feature credits include Street Angel (1928), Bad Girl (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Man's Castle (1933), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (19... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Western

Known for these Movies & Shows

A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif. ...

7th Heaven

NR

1927 | 3.7/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang. ...

No Greater Glory

NR

1934 | 3.4/5 | 1h 14min
Drama
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A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage. ...

Bad Girl

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1931 | 2.9/5 | 1h 30min
Romance / Love
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Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers tha ...

Lazybones

Certification unknown

1925 | 3.2/5 | 1h 20min
Action, War, Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Frank Borzage

Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Director (dramatic Picture) Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Director (dramatic Picture)
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Movies with Frank Borzage as Actor(35)

as Self (archive footage)2015 Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Himself (archival footage) (uncredited)2008 Murnau, Borzage and Fox
as Self (uncredited)1957 Jeanne Eagels
as Franklin Shirley1917 Fear Not
as Roger O'Reilly1917 Wee Lady Betty
as Tom Rigdon1917 A Mormon Maid
as Extra (uncredited)1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Hal1916 Nugget Jim's Pardner
as The Stranger1916 Land O' Lizards
as The Pilgrim1916 The Pilgrim
as Bill Carey1915 Knight of the Trail
as Rocky Scott1915 The Pitch o' Chance
as Joel Wharton1915 In the Switch Tower
as Joe Eagle1915 In the Land of the Otter
as Dick Ralston1915 The Cup of Life
as Juan Capella1915 The Tavern Keeper's Son
as Tom Hornby - Prospector1915 The Secret of Lost River
as Tom Wilson1914 The Wrath of the Gods
as Renard Bernisky1914 The Typhoon
1914 Love's Western Flight
1914 In the Sage Brush Country
1914 The Wheel of Life
as David Brandt1914 The Panther
as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)1914 Samson
1914 A Flash in the Dark
1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913 A Hopi Legend
1913 Loaded Dice
1913 A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913 The Gratitude of Wanda
1913 Silent Heroes
as Jack Durand1913 The Drummer of the 8th
1913 Retribution
as Mildred's Father1913 Granddad
1912 On Secret Service

TV Shows/Series with Frank Borzage as Actor(2)

as himself1955 Hollywood Preview
as himself1952 This Is Your Life

Movies with Frank Borzage as Crew(104)

Directing/Co-Director1961 Journey Beneath the Desert
Directing/Director1959 The Big Fisherman
Directing/Director1958 China Doll
Production/Producer1958 China Doll
Directing/Director1956 The Day I Met Caruso
Directing/Director1955 Day is Done
Directing/Director1948 Moonrise
Directing/Director1947 That's My Man
Production/Producer1947 That's My Man
Directing/Director1946 I've Always Loved You
Production/Producer1946 I've Always Loved You
Directing/Director1946 Magnificent Doll
Directing/Director1945 The Spanish Main
Production/Producer1945 The Spanish Main
Directing/Director1944 Till We Meet Again
Directing/Director1943 Stage Door Canteen
Production/Producer1943 Stage Door Canteen
Directing/Director1943 His Butler's Sister
Directing/Director1942 Seven Sweethearts
Production/Producer1942 Seven Sweethearts
Directing/Director1942 The Vanishing Virginian
Directing/Director1941 Billy the Kid
Directing/Director1941 Smilin' Through
Production/Producer1941 Smilin' Through
Directing/Co-Director1940 I Take This Woman
Directing/Director1940 The Mortal Storm
Production/Producer1940 The Mortal Storm
Directing/Director1940 Flight Command
Directing/Director1940 Strange Cargo
Production/Producer1940 Strange Cargo
Directing/Director1939 Disputed Passage
Directing/Director1938 The Shining Hour
Production/Producer1938 The Shining Hour
Directing/Director1938 Mannequin
Production/Producer1938 Mannequin
Writing/Screenplay1938 Mannequin
Directing/Director1938 Three Comrades
Directing/Director1937 Big City
Directing/Director1937 History Is Made at Night
Directing/Director1937 Green Light
Production/Producer1937 Green Light
Directing/Director1936 Desire
Production/Producer1936 Desire
Directing/Director1936 Hearts Divided
Production/Producer1936 Hearts Divided
Directing/Director1935 Shipmates Forever
Directing/Director1935 Stranded
Production/Producer1935 Stranded
Directing/Director1935 Living on Velvet
Production/Producer1935 Living on Velvet
Directing/Director1934 No Greater Glory
Production/Producer1934 No Greater Glory
Directing/Director1934 Flirtation Walk
Production/Producer1934 Flirtation Walk
Directing/Director1934 Little Man, What Now?
Directing/Director1933 Man's Castle
Production/Producer1933 Man's Castle
Directing/Director1933 Secrets
Directing/Director1932 A Farewell to Arms
Production/Producer1932 A Farewell to Arms
Directing/Director1932 After Tomorrow
Directing/Director1932 Young America
Directing/Director1931 Doctors' Wives
Directing/Director1931 Bad Girl
Directing/Director1931 Young as You Feel
Directing/Director1930 Song o' My Heart
Production/Producer1930 Song o' My Heart
Directing/Director1930 Liliom
Directing/Director1929 The River
Directing/Director1929 They Had to See Paris
Directing/Director1929 Lucky Star
Directing/Director1928 Street Angel
Directing/Director1927 7th Heaven
Directing/Director1926 The First Year
Directing/Director1926 Marriage License?
Directing/Director1925 The Lady
Directing/Director1925 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Directing/Director1925 Lazybones
Production/Producer1925 Lazybones
Directing/Director1925 The Circle
Directing/Director1924 Secrets
Directing/Director1923 The Age of Desire
Directing/Director1923 The Nth Commandment
Production/Producer1923 The Nth Commandment
Directing/Director1922 Back Pay
Directing/Director1922 The Valley of Silent Men
Directing/Director1922 Billy Jim
Directing/Director1922 The Pride of Palomar
Directing/Director1922 The Good Provider
Directing/Director1921 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Directing/Director1920 Humoresque
Directing/Director1919 Toton
Directing/Director1919 Prudence on Broadway
Directing/Director1918 The Ghost Flower
Directing/Director1918 The Gun Woman
Directing/Director1918 Society for Sale
Directing/Director1917 Until They Get Me
Directing/Director1916 Nugget Jim's Pardner
Writing/Writer1916 Nugget Jim's Pardner
Directing/Director1916 Land O' Lizards
Directing/Director1916 Life's Harmony
Directing/Director1916 The Pilgrim
Directing/Director1915 The Pitch o' Chance
Directing/Director1913 The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

Full Name: Frank Borzage
Born: Monday, 04/23 1894 (April) in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 06/19 1962 (June) in Hollywood (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Frank Borzage (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mr. Borzage"
"Фрэнк Борзеги"
Frank Borzage frequently works together with these people:
Lew Borzage (27x, Crew)
Wallace Reid (17x, Actor)
Thomas H. Ince (13x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (12x, Crew)
Frances Marion (12x, Crew)
Chester A. Lyons (12x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (9x, Crew)
Walter Edwards (9x, Crew)
Francis McDonald (8x, Actor)
Sonya Levien (7x, Crew)
William Fox (7x, Crew)
Ralph Edwards (2x, Actor)
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