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John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies 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, The Magnificent Seven was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". He was not related to director Preston Sturges.
Birth Name
John Elliott Sturges
Born
Monday, 03 January 1910
Died
Tuesday, 18 August 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
| I Am Steve McQueen | Self | 2014 |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Himself / Self | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
| I Am Steve McQueen | Self | 2014 |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Himself / Self | 1986 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Eagle Has Landed | 1976 |
| McQ | 1974 |
| Chino | 1973 |
| Joe Kidd | 1972 |
| Le Mans | 1971 |
| Marooned | 1969 |
| Ice Station Zebra | 1968 |
| Hour of the Gun | 1967 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | 1965 |
| The Great Escape | 1963 |
| A Girl Named Tamiko | 1962 |
| Sergeants 3 | 1962 |
| By Love Possessed | 1961 |
| The Magnificent Seven | 1960 |
| Never So Few | 1959 |
| Last Train from Gun Hill | 1959 |
| The Old Man and the Sea | 1958 |
| The Law and Jake Wade | 1958 |
| Saddle the Wind | 1958 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 |
| Backlash | 1956 |
| The Scarlet Coat | 1955 |
| Underwater! | 1955 |
| Bad Day at Black Rock | 1955 |
| Escape from Fort Bravo | 1953 |
| Fast Company | 1953 |
| Jeopardy | 1953 |
| The Girl in White | 1952 |
| It's a Big Country: An American Anthology | 1951 |
| The People Against O'Hara | 1951 |
| Kind Lady | 1951 |
| The Magnificent Yankee | 1950 |
| Right Cross | 1950 |
| Mystery Street | 1950 |
| The Capture | 1950 |
| The Walking Hills | 1949 |
| Best Man Wins | 1948 |
| The Sign of the Ram | 1948 |
| Thunderbolt | 1947 |
| Keeper of the Bees | 1947 |
| For the Love of Rusty | 1947 |
| Alias Mr. Twilight | 1946 |
| Shadowed | 1946 |
| The Man Who Dared | 1946 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Chino | 1973 |
| Hour of the Gun | 1967 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | 1965 |
| The Great Escape | 1963 |
| The Magnificent Seven | 1960 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
