Douglas Sirk
German film director (1897-1987) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 89
Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.
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1987Died14 January 19871979Bavarian Film AwardsSeries
Bourbon Street BluesFilm, 1979Director, Writer1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1959
Imitation of LifeFilm, Director1957
Battle HymnFilm, Director1955
All That Heaven AllowsFilm, Director1954
Magnificent ObsessionFilm, Director1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Film, Director1951German Film AwardSeries1949
ShockproofFilm, Director1947
LuredFilm, Director1946
A Scandal in ParisFilm, Director1943
Hitler's MadmanFilm, Director1937
La HabaneraFilm, Director1936
The Court ConcertFilm, Director, Writer1934
Three Times BeforeFilm, Director1897Born26 April 1897
Bourbon Street BluesFilm, 1979Director, Writer1974Spécial cinémaSeries1959Imitation of LifeFilm, Director1957Battle HymnFilm, Director1955All That Heaven AllowsFilm, Director1954Magnificent ObsessionFilm, Director1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Film, Director1951German Film AwardSeries1949ShockproofFilm, Director1947LuredFilm, Director1946A Scandal in ParisFilm, Director1943Hitler's MadmanFilm, Director1937La HabaneraFilm, Director1936The Court ConcertFilm, Director, Writer1934Three Times BeforeFilm, Director1897Born26 April 1897People around Douglas
Close ties
Rock Hudson Douglas directed Written on the Wind (1956)
George Sanders Douglas directed Summer Storm (1944)
Gigi Perreau Douglas directed Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
Ross Hunter Produced All I Desire and Take Me to Town
Don DeFore Douglas directed A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
William Reynolds Douglas directed All That Heaven Allows (1956)
Barbara Rush Douglas directed Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
David Janssen Douglas directed All That Heaven Allows (1956)
Virginia Field Douglas directed The Lady Pays Off (1951)
Lina Carstens Douglas directed To New Shores (1937)
Dorothy Malone Douglas directed Written on the Wind (1956)
Piper Laurie Douglas directed Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
Zarah Leander Douglas directed La Habanera and To New Shores
Robert Stack Douglas directed Written on the Wind (1956)
Jeff Chandler Douglas directed Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Troy Donahue Douglas directed Imitation of Life (1959)
Ralph Morgan Douglas directed Hitler's Madman (1943)
Alan Napier Douglas directed A Scandal in Paris and Lured
Robert J. Wilke Douglas directed Written on the Wind (1956)
Jeff Morrow Douglas directed Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Ann Codee Douglas directed Lured and The Lady Pays Off- Seymour Nebenzal Produced Hitler's Madman and Summer Storm
- Albert Zugsmith Produced Written on the Wind (1956)
- Peter Paul Brauer Produced Three Times Before and April, April!
Known for
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Imitation of Life 1959
All That Heaven Allows 1955
A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958
There's Always Tomorrow 1956
Written on the Wind 1956
Filmography 40
72 credits on file
Television 4
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Awards
About this person
Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1987 · aged 89
