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Howard Hawks

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Actor / Aircraft Pilot | * 05/30/1896 († 81, 12/26/1977) | Goshen, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger Ebert called Hawks "one of the greatest American directors of pure movies, and a hero of auteur critics because he found his own laconic values in so many different kinds of genre material." A versatile film director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films and westerns. His most popular films include Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, de ...

The Big Sleep

NR

1946 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a bo ...

Red River

NR

1948 | 3.7/5 | 2h 13min
Western, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying ...

El Dorado

G

1966 | 3.7/5 | 2h
Western, Adventure, Action, Romance / Love
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The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for hi ...

Rio Bravo

NR

1959 | 3.9/5 | 2h 21min
Western
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Awards & Nominations for Howard Hawks

Academy Honorary Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Director
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Movies with Howard Hawks as Actor(17)

as Self (archive footage)2017 Hawks on Hawks
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as himself2010 Metropolis Refound
as Self (archive footage)2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)2007 Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
as Self (archive footage)2006 Filmmakers in Action
as Self (Archive Footage)1999 Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook
as himself1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
as himself1978 Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life
as himself1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as himself1970 Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
as Driver (uncredited)1965 Red Line 7000
as himself1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as Man on Bed (uncredited)1932 Scarface
as German Pilot (uncredited)1930 The Dawn Patrol
as himself1925 1925 Studio Tour

Movies with Howard Hawks as Crew(79)

Directing/Director1970 Rio Lobo
Production/Producer1970 Rio Lobo
Directing/Director1966 El Dorado
Production/Producer1966 El Dorado
Directing/Director1965 Red Line 7000
Production/Producer1965 Red Line 7000
Writing/Story1965 Red Line 7000
Directing/Director1964 Man's Favorite Sport?
Production/Producer1964 Man's Favorite Sport?
Directing/Director1962 Hatari!
Production/Producer1962 Hatari!
Directing/Director1959 Rio Bravo
Production/Producer1959 Rio Bravo
Directing/Director1955 Land of the Pharaohs
Directing/Director1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Directing/Director1952 Monkey Business
Directing/Director1952 The Big Sky
Production/Producer1952 The Big Sky
Directing/Director1952 O. Henry's Full House
Production/Producer1951 The Thing from Another World
Directing/Director1949 I Was a Male War Bride
Crew/Presenter1948 Red River
Directing/Director1948 Red River
Production/Producer1948 Red River
Directing/Director1948 A Song Is Born
Directing/Director1946 The Big Sleep
Production/Producer1946 The Big Sleep
Directing/Director1945 To Have and Have Not
Production/Producer1945 To Have and Have Not
Production/Producer1943 Corvette K-225
Directing/Director1943 Air Force
Directing/Director1941 Sergeant York
Production/Producer1941 Sergeant York
Directing/Director1941 Ball of Fire
Directing/Director1940 His Girl Friday
Production/Producer1940 His Girl Friday
Writing/Story1939 Indianapolis Speedway
Directing/Director1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Production/Producer1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Writing/Story1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Directing/Director1938 Bringing Up Baby
Production/Producer1938 Bringing Up Baby
Directing/Director1936 Come and Get It
Directing/Director1936 Ceiling Zero
Directing/Director1936 The Road to Glory
Directing/Director1935 Barbary Coast
Directing/Director1934 Twentieth Century
Production/Producer1934 Twentieth Century
Directing/Director1933 Today We Live
Production/Producer1933 Today We Live
Directing/Director1932 The Crowd Roars
Writing/Screenstory1932 The Crowd Roars
Directing/Director1932 Tiger Shark
Crew/Additional Writing1932 Scarface
Directing/Director1932 Scarface
Production/Producer1932 Scarface
Directing/Co-Director1932 The Crowd Roars
Writing/Story1932 The Crowd Roars
Directing/Director1930 The Dawn Patrol
Writing/Adaptation1930 The Dawn Patrol
Directing/Director1930 The Criminal Code
Production/Producer1930 The Criminal Code
Directing/Director1928 Trent's Last Case
Directing/Director1928 The Air Circus
Directing/Director1928 A Girl in Every Port
Writing/Story1928 A Girl in Every Port
Directing/Director1928 Fazil
Directing/Director1927 The Cradle Snatchers
Writing/Writer1927 Underworld
Directing/Director1927 Paid to Love
Directing/Director1926 Fig Leaves
Writing/Story1926 Fig Leaves
Directing/Director1926 The Road to Glory
Writing/Story1926 The Road to Glory
Writing/Story1925 The Dressmaker from Paris
Writing/Writer1924 Tiger Love
Writing/Story1923 Quicksands
Directing/Assistant Director1920 Dinty
Directing/Assistant Director1917 A Little Princess

Full Name: Howard Hawks
Born: Saturday, 05/30 1896 (May) in Goshen, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 12/26 1977 (December) in Palm Springs (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Cornell University, Cornell University College of Engineering, Phillips Exeter Academy, Polytechnic School, Pasadena High School
Spouses (current/former): Athole Shearer, Slim Keith, Dee Hartford
Children: Kitty Hawks, David Hawks, Barbara Hawks, Gregg Hawks
Siblings: William Hawks
Father: Frank Winchester Hawks
Mother: Helen Howard
Other names for Howard Hawks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Howard Winchester Hawks"
"하워드 혹스"
Howard Hawks frequently works together with these people:
Dimitri Tiomkin (11x, Crew)
Seton I. Miller (10x, Crew)
John Wayne (8x, Actor)
Cary Grant (8x, Actor)
Walter Brennan (7x, Actor)
Edward Curtiss (7x, Crew)
Ben Hecht (7x, Crew)
Russell Harlan (7x, Crew)
Pat West (6x, Actor)
Richard Schickel (6x, Crew)
Jack L. Warner (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10415, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2023