About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1910-01-03
Place of birth:
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Website:
N/A

John Sturges

Overview

John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies 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).

Known for

Acting
2021 Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2015 Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
2006 National Archives WWII: Air War Directing Director N/A
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1976 The Eagle Has Landed Directing Director 61
Fair
1974 McQ Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Chino Directing Director 58
Average
1972 Joe Kidd Directing Director 61
Fair
1969 Marooned Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Ice Station Zebra Directing Director 59
Average
1967 Hour of the Gun Directing Director 59
Average
1965 The Hallelujah Trail Directing Director 59
Average
1965 The Satan Bug Directing Director 59
Average
1963 The Great Escape Directing Director 76
Good
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko Directing Director 59
Average
1962 Sergeants 3 Directing Director 58
Average
1961 By Love Possessed Directing Director 58
Average
1960 The Magnificent Seven Directing Director 71
Good
1959 Never So Few Directing Director 58
Average
1959 Last Train from Gun Hill Directing Director 61
Fair
1958 The Old Man and the Sea Directing Director 60
Fair
1958 The Law and Jake Wade Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Saddle the Wind Directing Other 59
Average
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Directing Director 63
Fair
1956 Backlash Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The Scarlet Coat Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Underwater! Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Bad Day at Black Rock Directing Director 64
Fair
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Fast Company Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Jeopardy Directing Director 59
Average
1952 The Girl in White Directing Director 59
Average
1951 It's a Big Country Directing Director 58
Average
1951 The People Against O'Hara Directing Director 58
Average
1951 Kind Lady Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Magnificent Yankee Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Right Cross Directing Director 59
Average
1950 Mystery Street Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Capture Directing Director 58
Average
1949 The Walking Hills Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Best Man Wins Directing Director 59
Average
1948 The Sign of the Ram Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Thunderbolt Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Keeper of the Bees Directing Director N/A
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1947 For the Love of Rusty Directing Director N/A
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1946 Alias Mr. Twilight Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Shadowed Directing Director N/A
N/A
1946 The Man Who Dared Directing Director 58
Average

Production
1973 Chino Production Producer 58
Average
1967 Hour of the Gun Production Producer 59
Average
1965 The Hallelujah Trail Production Producer 59
Average
1965 The Satan Bug Production Producer 59
Average
1963 The Great Escape Production Producer 76
Good
1960 The Magnificent Seven Production Producer 71
Good

Editing
1942 Syncopation Editing Editor 59
Average
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1941 Tom, Dick and Harry Editing Editor 58
Average
1940 They Knew What They Wanted Editing Editor 58
Average