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Cecil B. DeMille

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Cecil Blount DeMille, often known in popular culture as Mr. DeMille, was an American filmmaker and actor, born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, on 12 August 1881 and died on 21 January 1959. Between 1914 and 1958 he created 70 features, including silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history, with many films dominating the box office three or four at a time, and his films were distinguished by their epic scale and showmanship.

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Classification
Award
Directors Guild of America Award 1
Award
Academy Award for Best Picture 1
Award
Academy Honorary Award 1
Birth Year
1881 1
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Film, Media Forms
Source Wikipedia: Cecil B. DeMille

Works Created

The Greatest Show on Earth, Landmark Works
Source The Greatest Show on Earth (film) (Wikipedia)
The Ten Commandments (1923 film), Landmark Works
Source The Ten Commandments (1923 film) - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Cecil B. DeMille
  • Infobox: birth_date
    August 12, 1881
  • Article text
    1952's The Greatest Show on Earth became Paramount's highest-grossing film to that point and won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Story.
  • Article text (academy-honorary-award)
    In addition to his Best Picture Awards, DeMille received an Academy Honorary Award for his film contributions, the Palme d'Or (posthumously) for Union Pacific (1939), a DGA Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Irving G.
  • Article text (directors-guild-of-america-award)
    In addition to his Best Picture Awards, DeMille received an Academy Honorary Award for his film contributions, the Palme d'Or (posthumously) for Union Pacific (1939), a DGA Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Irving G.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead sentence
    was an American filmmaker and actor
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The Greatest Show on Earth (film) (Wikipedia)
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