Biography
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His films include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). In 2013 and 2018, respectively, The Magnificent Seven and Bad Day at Black Rock were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1956 · nominated
Filmography30 titles
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven
Bad Day at Black Rock
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Last Train from Gun Hill
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Mystery Street
Syncopation
The Eagle Has Landed
The Law and Jake Wade
Saddle the Wind
The Scarlet Coat
Hour of the Gun
The Old Man and the Sea
Backlash
Joe Kidd
Ice Station Zebra
Escape from Fort Bravo
The Capture
McQ
The Hallelujah Trail
The Satan Bug
Marooned
The Magnificent Yankee
A Girl Named Tamiko
The People Against O'Hara
Chino
Never So Few
By Love Possessed