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Delmer Daves
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter Born: July 24, 1904 in San Francisco, CA Death: August 17, 1977 in La Jolla, CA Biography:While studying civil engineering and law at Stanford University, Delmer Daves secured work as a prop boy for director James Cruze's "The Covered Wagon" (1923). So fascinated was Daves by the Native Americans working on this film that he forsook a law career to live in Arizona among the Hopi and Navajo. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse, appearing in a few early talkies before turning to screenwriting. In 1944 he directed his first film, the low-key combat drama "Destination Tokyo". In this and his other war-related films "Pride of the Marines" (1945) and "Task Force" (1949), writer/director Daves emphasized the anxieties and tribulations of the individual soldier, rather than resorting to gaudy Hollywood heroics. In 1951, Daves formed his own production company, Double-D productions. Most of his best 1950s films were westerns, which like his war pictures favored slowly escalating personal... Full Biography
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