Jean Negulesco

Reżyseria, Produkcja, Scenariusz, Wydawca

26 lutego 1900 — 18 lipca 1993 (93 years)
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Jean Negulesco (26 February 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-born American film director and screenwriter.

Born in Craiova, he attended Carol I High School. In 1915 he moved to Vienna, in 1919 to Bucharest, where he worked as a painter, before becoming a stage decorator in Paris. In 1927 he went to New York City for an exhibition of his paintings, and settled there.

In 1934 he entered the film industry, first as a sketch artist, then as an assistant producer, second unit director and in the late 1930s he became a director and screenwriter. He made a reputation at Warner Brothers by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes.

Negulesco's first feature film as director was Singapore Woman (1941). In 1948 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for Johnny Belinda. In 1955, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film for How to Marry a Millionaire. His 1959 movie The Best of Everything was on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" list.

From the late 1960s, he lived in Marbella, Spain. He died there at age 93, of heart failure.

During his Hollywood career and in his 1984 autobiography, Negulesco claimed to have been born on 29 February 1900; he was apparently motivated to make this statement because birthdays on Leap Year Day are comparatively rare. In fact, 1900 was not a leap year, so there was no 29 February in 1900. Negulesco's autobiography (in which this claim appears) is appropriately titled Things I Did and Things I Think I Did.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Opowieść wszech czasów
    Opowieść wszech czasów1965
  • Telefon od nieznajomego
    Telefon od nieznajomego1952
  • Długa droga do domu
    Długa droga do domu1950

Known For

  • Jak poślubić milionera
    Jak poślubić milionera1953
  • Titanic
    Titanic1953
  • Johnny Belinda
    Johnny Belinda1948
  • Rzeka bez powrotu
    Rzeka bez powrotu1954
  • Sokół morski
    Sokół morski1940
  • Humoreska
    Humoreska1947
  • Trzy monety w fontannie
    Trzy monety w fontannie1954
  • Tajemniczy opiekun
    Tajemniczy opiekun1955
  • Maska Dimitriosa
    Maska Dimitriosa1944
  • Telefon od nieznajomego
    Telefon od nieznajomego1952
  • Road House
    Road House1948
  • Opowieść wszech czasów
    Opowieść wszech czasów1965
  • Troje nieznajomych
    Troje nieznajomych1946
  • Wszystko, co najlepsze
    Wszystko, co najlepsze1959
  • Alpejskie osły
    Alpejskie osły1938
  • Długa droga do domu
    Długa droga do domu1950
  • Nikt nie żyje wiecznie
    Nikt nie żyje wiecznie1946
  • Chłopiec na delfinie
    Chłopiec na delfinie1957
  • Konspiratorzy
    Konspiratorzy1944
  • Kobiecy świat
    Kobiecy świat1954

Filmografia

1940
The Flag of Humanity · as Screenplay
1937
Expensive Husbands · as Screenplay

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Second Unit DirectorNa Plex
1948
Road House · as Contract Writer
1940
The Sea Hawk · as Second Unit Director
1939
Rio · as Story
1938
Swiss Miss · as Story
1938
The Beloved Brat · as Story
1937
1936
Crash Donovan · as Co-Director