Howard Hawks

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-05-30 (81 years old)

Deathday

1977-12-26

Place of Birth

Goshen, Indiana, USA

Howard Hawks

Biography

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres, including screwball comedies [Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)], westerns [Red River (1948), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1967)], adventure films [Only Angels Have Wings (1939), To Have and Have Not (1944)], films noirs [The Big Sleep (1946)] and gangster films [Scarface (1932)]. Notable characteristics of his films are independent and tough-talking female protagonists ("Hawksian woman") and witt...

Acting

1999

Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook

as Self (Archive Footage)

2017

Hawks on Hawks

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Monkey Business

as Man in Opening (voice) (uncredited)

2007

1965

Red Line 7000

as Driver (uncredited)

1932

Scarface

as Man on Bed (uncredited)

1925

1930

The Dawn Patrol

as German Pilot (uncredited)

2010

Metropolis Refound

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Filmmakers in Action

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1959

Rio Bravo

as Producer

1959

Rio Bravo

as Director

1932

Scarface

as Director

1932

Scarface

as Producer

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Director

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Producer

1946

The Big Sleep

as Director

1946

The Big Sleep

as Producer

1940

His Girl Friday

as Director

1940

His Girl Friday

as Producer

1948

Red River

as Director

1948

Red River

as Producer

1945

1962

Hatari!

as Director

1962

Hatari!

as Producer

1966

El Dorado

as Producer

1966

El Dorado

as Director

1949

1934

1952

1952

Monkey Business

as Director

1970

Rio Lobo

as Producer

1970

Rio Lobo

as Director

1941

Ball of Fire

as Director

1955

1931

1931

1952

The Big Sky

as Director

1952

The Big Sky

as Producer

1939

1964

1943

Air Force

as Director

1941

Sergeant York

as Director

1948

A Song Is Born

as Director

1965

Red Line 7000

as Director

1965

1965

Red Line 7000

as Producer

1930

The Dawn Patrol

as Director

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Director

1936

Come and Get It

as Director

1935

Barbary Coast

as Director

1933

Today We Live

as Director

1932

Tiger Shark

as Director

1927

Paid to Love

as Director

1928

Fazil

as Director

1936

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Director

1928

1927

Underworld

as Writer

1926

Fig Leaves

as Director

1926

Fig Leaves

as Story

1952

Monkey Business

as Screenplay

1929

1927

Cradle Snatchers

as Director

1933

Today We Live

as Producer

1928

The Air Circus

as Director

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Co-Director

1923

Quicksands

as Story

1945

1926

1932

Scarface

as Additional Writing

1932

Tiger Shark

as Writer

1941

Sergeant York

as Producer

1930

The Dawn Patrol

as Adaptation

1926

1917

A Little Princess

as Assistant Director

1934

1920

Dinty

as Assistant Director

1955

1943

The Outlaw

as Co-Director

1924

Tiger Love

as Writer

1932

1943

Corvette K-225

as Producer

1948

Red River

as Presenter

1964

1932

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Screenstory

1983

Scarface

as Original Film Writer

1939

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