# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sturges
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:30:43.173Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sturges"
name: "John Sturges"
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description: "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\"."
tagline: "American film director (1910–1992)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1910-01-03"
deathDate: "1992-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump