About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1900-02-26
Place of birth:
Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Website:
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Jean Negulesco

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jean Negulesco (26 February 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-born American film director and screenwriter.

Born in Craiova, he attended Carol I High School. In 1915 he moved to Vienna, in 1919 to Bucharest, where he worked as a painter, before becoming a stage decorator in Paris. In 1927 he went to New York City for an exhibition of his paintings, and settled there.

In 1934 he entered the film industry, first as a sketch artist, then as an assistant producer, second unit director and in the late 1930s he became a director and screenwriter. He made a reputation at Warner Brothers by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes.

Negulesco's first feature film as director was Singapore Woman (1941). In 1948 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for Johnny Belinda. In 1955, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film for How to Marry a Millionaire. His 1959 movie The Best of Everything was on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" list.

From the late 1960s, he lived in Marbella, Spain. He died there at age 93, of heart failure.

During his Hollywood career and in his 1984 autobiography, Negulesco claimed to have been born on 29 February 1900; he was apparently motivated to make this statement because birthdays on Leap Year Day are comparatively rare. In fact, 1900 was not a leap year, so there was no 29 February in 1900. Negulesco's autobiography (in which this claim appears) is appropriately titled Things I Did and Things I Think I Did.

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Known for

Acting
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Directing
1970 Hello-Goodbye Directing Director 59
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1970 The Invincible Six Directing Director 58
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1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Directing Second Unit Director 60
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1964 The Pleasure Seekers Directing Director 58
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1962 Jessica Directing Director 58
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1959 The Best of Everything Directing Director 59
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1959 Count Your Blessings Directing Director 58
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1958 A Certain Smile Directing Director 58
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1958 The Gift of Love Directing Director 59
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1957 Boy on a Dolphin Directing Director 58
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1956 The Dark Wave Directing Director N/A
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1955 The Rains of Ranchipur Directing Director 58
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1955 Daddy Long Legs Directing Director 59
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1954 Woman's World Directing Director 59
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1954 Three Coins in the Fountain Directing Director 58
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1953 How to Marry a Millionaire Directing Director 63
Fair
1953 Scandal at Scourie Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Titanic Directing Director 60
Fair
1952 O. Henry's Full House Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Lure of the Wilderness Directing Director 59
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1952 Lydia Bailey Directing Director 59
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1952 Phone Call from a Stranger Directing Director 59
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1951 Take Care of My Little Girl Directing Director 58
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1950 The Mudlark Directing Director 59
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1950 Under My Skin Directing Director 58
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1950 Three Came Home Directing Director 59
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1949 The Forbidden Street Directing Director 59
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1948 Road House Directing Director 59
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1948 Johnny Belinda Directing Director 60
Fair
1947 Deep Valley Directing Director 59
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1947 Humoresque Directing Director 60
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1946 Nobody Lives Forever Directing Director 59
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1946 Three Strangers Directing Director 59
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1944 The Conspirators Directing Director 59
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1944 The Mask of Dimitrios Directing Director 60
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1944 Roaring Guns Directing Director N/A
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1943 Over the Wall Directing Director N/A
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1943 Food and Magic Directing Director 58
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1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World Directing Director 58
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1943 Cavalcade of Dance Directing Director 58
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1943 Women at War Directing Director 58
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1943 Hit Parade of the Gay Nineties Directing Director N/A
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1943 All Star Melody Masters Directing Director N/A
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1943 Three Cheers for the Girls Directing Director 59
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1943 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra Directing Director 59
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1943 The United States Navy Band Directing Director 59
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1943 The United States Service Bands Directing Director 59
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1943 The United States Army Band Directing Director 59
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1942 Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica School Directing Director 59
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1942 The United States Marine Band Directing Director 58
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1942 Six Hits and a Miss Directing Director 59
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1942 Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra Directing Director 59
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1942 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Directing Director N/A
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1942 Spanish Fiesta Directing Director 59
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1942 The United States Army Air Force Band Directing Director 59
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1942 The Playgirls Directing Director N/A
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1942 Calling All Girls Directing Director N/A
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1942 The Gay Parisian Directing Director 58
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1942 A Ship Is Born Directing Director 58
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1941 At the Stroke of Twelve Directing Director 59
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1941 Those Good Old Days Directing Director N/A
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1941 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra Directing Director 59
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1941 Singapore Woman Directing Director 59
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1941 Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos Directing Director 59
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1941 Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra Directing Director 59
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1940 Henry Busse and His Orchestra Directing Director 59
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1940 The Flag of Humanity Directing Director N/A
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1940 City for Conquest Directing Director 59
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1940 The Sea Hawk Directing Second Unit Director 61
Fair
1940 Alice in Movieland Directing Director 59
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1936 Crash Donovan Directing Co-Director N/A
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Writing
1940 The Flag of Humanity Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 Rio Writing Story 58
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1938 Swiss Miss Writing Story 59
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1938 The Beloved Brat Writing Story 59
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1937 Expensive Husbands Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
1962 Jessica Production Producer 58
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Crew
1932 This Is the Night Crew Technical Supervisor 58
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Editing
1969 Biganeh Biya Editing Editor 58
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