Howard Hawks

ActorWriterDirectorProducerCrew May 30 (died age 81) Goshen, Indiana, USA 1917–2017 (100 year career)

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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 ga…

Known For

Film

Scarface

Original Film Writer

Film

Rio Bravo

Director

Film

The Big Sleep

Director

Film

Bringing Up Baby

Director

Film

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Director

Film

His Girl Friday

Director

Film

Scarface

Man on Bed (uncredited)

Film

To Have and Have Not

Director

Filmography

Acting (18)

Movies (17)

Hawks on Hawks

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Metropolis Refound

2010

as Self (archive footage)

5.4

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers in Action

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook

1999

as Self (Archive Footage)

Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life

1978

as Self

6.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

as Self

6.8

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970

as Self

Red Line 7000

1965

as Driver (uncredited)

5.3

Monkey Business

1952

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3

1942

as Self

Scarface

1932

as Man on Bed (uncredited)

7.4

The Dawn Patrol

1930

as German Pilot (uncredited)

6.7

1925 Studio Tour

1925

as Self

6.1

Television (1)

The Men Who Made the Movies

1973

Crew (92)

Movies (92)

Scarface

Original Film Writer

Rio Lobo

Director

Rio Lobo

Producer

El Dorado

Director

El Dorado

Producer

Red Line 7000

Director

Red Line 7000

Producer

Red Line 7000

Story

Man's Favorite Sport?

1964

Director

7.0

Man's Favorite Sport?

Producer

Hatari!

Director

Hatari!

Producer

Rio Bravo

Director

Rio Bravo

Producer

Land of the Pharaohs

Director

Land of the Pharaohs

Producer

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Director

Monkey Business

Director

O. Henry's Full House

Director

The Big Sky

Director

The Big Sky

Producer

The Thing from Another World

1951

Director

6.7

The Thing from Another World

1951

Producer

6.7

The Thing from Another World

1951

Writer

6.7

I Was a Male War Bride

Director

Red River

Director

Red River

Presenter

Red River

Producer

A Song Is Born

Director

The Big Sleep

Director

The Big Sleep

Producer

To Have and Have Not

Director

To Have and Have Not

Producer

The Outlaw

Co-Director

Air Force

Director

Corvette K-225

Producer

Sergeant York

Director

Sergeant York

Producer

Ball of Fire

Director

His Girl Friday

Director

His Girl Friday

Producer

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

Director

7.3

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

Producer

7.3

Indianapolis Speedway

Story

Bringing Up Baby

Director

Bringing Up Baby

Producer

Come and Get It

Director

The Road to Glory

Director

Ceiling Zero

Director

Barbary Coast

Director

Twentieth Century

Director

Twentieth Century

Producer

Today We Live

Director

Today We Live

Producer

The Crowd Roars

Co-Director

The Crowd Roars

1932

Story

Scarface

Additional Writing

Scarface

Director

Scarface

Producer

The Crowd Roars

Director

The Crowd Roars

Screenstory

The Crowd Roars

Story

Tiger Shark

Director

Tiger Shark

Writer

The Criminal Code

Director

The Criminal Code

Producer

The Dawn Patrol

Adaptation

The Dawn Patrol

Director

Trent's Last Case

Director

Fazil

1928

Director

5.1

The Air Circus

1928

Director

A Girl in Every Port

Director

A Girl in Every Port

Story

Cradle Snatchers

Director

Paid to Love

Director

Fig Leaves

Director

Fig Leaves

Producer

Fig Leaves

Story

The Road to Glory

Director

The Road to Glory

Story

The Dressmaker from Paris

1925

Story

Tiger Love

1924

Writer

Empty Hands

1924

Editor

The Heritage of the Desert

1924

Editor

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

1924

Editor

Quicksands

Producer

Quicksands

Story

Bob Hampton of Placer

1921

Assistant Director

Go and Get It

Assistant Director

Dinty

Assistant Director

In Again, Out Again

Assistant Director

A Little Princess

1917

Assistant Director

5.2