Born in Chicago in 1898 and died in 1959, Sturges was among the first Hollywood screenwriters to direct his own scripts. His comedies of the early 1940s are fast, satirical and full of eccentric characters.
Filmography
- The Great McGinty (1940)
- Christmas in July (1940)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948)