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Director, Producer Born: January 3, 1910 in Oak Park, IL Death: August 18, 1992 in San Luis Obispo, CA Biography:One of Hollywood's top action directors of the late 1950s and 1960s, "John Sturges", for a time, was a name associated almost exclusively with large-scale action-adventure films. A one-time assistant in RKO's blueprint department, Sturges spent most of his early career in the studio's art department and editing room (an especially productive department, where directors "Robert Wise" and "Mark Robson" also got their starts), before joining "David O. Selznick" as a production assistant and later as an editor. He became a director in the U.S. Army Air Force, making documentary and training films, including "Thunderbolt", in collaboration with veteran director "William Wyler". He returned to Hollywood as a director and, for a time, made successful if fairly undistinguished films (mostly action or suspense) until 1954, when he took on Bad Day at Black Rock. Sturges, who had shown a knack for working with... Full Biography
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