Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille is, to my mind, one of the architects of Hollywood itself. Across 70 features from 1914 to 1958, he taught audiences that film could deliver scale and spectacle no other medium could match. What impresses me is not just the grandeur of epics like The Ten Commandments, but his endurance, surviving the seismic shift from silent to sound while staying at the very front of the industry. A Golden Globe award carries his name, which tells you how the business regarded him. I see him as a founding force whose appetite for ambition set the template later showmen would chase.

Name (English)

Cecil B. DeMille

Name (Japanese)

セシル・B・デミル

Reading

せしる・B・でみる

Born

August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

film producer / film director / film editor / screenwriter / playwright

University

Widener University

Awards & achievements

• 1953 Academy Award for Best Picture
• 1952 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Academy Honorary Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.cecilbdemille.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Massachusetts
• film producer
• film director
• film editor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.