Biography
Berkeley William Enos, known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer, best known for his collaboration with Warner Brothers in the early to mid-1930s. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. His work used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Dance Direction · 1938 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Dance Direction · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Dance Direction · 1936 · nominated
Filmography30 titles
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Palmy Days
Gold Diggers of 1933
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Dancing!
42nd Street
Gold Diggers in Paris
Footlight Parade
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Romance on the High Seas
Ziegfeld Girl
Strike Up the Band
Whoopee!
Million Dollar Mermaid
For Me and My Gal
Gold Diggers of 1935
Dames
Fashions of 1934
They Made Me a Criminal
Easy to Love
Gold Diggers of 1937
The Gang's All Here
Men Are Such Fools
Roman Scandals
Hollywood Hotel
Girl Crazy
Lady Be Good
Bird of Paradise
Rose Marie
The Phynx