Preston Sturges
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1898-08-29
Place of birth:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1959-08-06
60Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Preston Sturges (29 August 1898 – 6 August 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1941 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty.