Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges fascinates me because he cracked a door open that nobody before him had. He is credited as the first screenwriter to break through as a director, and his 1941 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay tells me Hollywood took his words seriously before it ever handed him a camera. Born in Chicago in 1898, he packed a remarkable amount into a life that ended in 1959, and the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame feels almost like an understatement for someone who reshaped how comedies got made. I admire writers who insist on protecting their own voice by directing, and Sturges did it first.

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Name (English)

Preston Sturges

Name (Japanese)

プレストン・スタージェス

Reading

ぷれすとん・すたーじぇす

Born

August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / writer / autobiographer / playwright

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 1941 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.prestonsturges.com/main.html
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston%20Sturges
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546204

Tags

• Illinois
• film director
• screenwriter
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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