John Sturges

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John Eliot Sturges (/ˈstɜːrdʒɪs/; 3. januar 1910 – 18. august 1992) bio je američki filmski režiser, najpoznatiji kao autor popularnih i uticajnih vesterna i akcijskih filmova 1950-ih i 1960-ih. Među njima se najviše ističe The Magnificent Seven iz 1960. godine, vestern adaptacija znamenitog japanskog filma Sedam samuraja.

John Eliot Sturges
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	(1910-01-03)3. 1. 1910. Oak Park, Illinois, SAD
Smrt	18. 8. 1992. (dob: 82) San Luis Obispo, California, Kalifornija, SAD
Profesionalne informacije
Zanimanje	filmski režiser
Znamenita djela
The Magnificent Seven The Great Escape

Usprkos sličnog prezimena, John Sturges nije bio u nikakvom rodu sa svojim starijim kolegom Prestonom Sturgesom.

Filmografija

The Man Who Dared (1946) Shadowed (1946) Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) For the Love of Rusty (1947) Keeper of the Bees (1947) Thunderbolt! (1947) The Sign of the Ram (1948) Best Man Wins (1948) The Walking Hills (1949) The Magnificent Yankee (1950) The Capture (1950) Mystery Street (1950) Right Cross (1950) Kind Lady (1951) The People Against O'Hara (1951) It's a Big Country (1951) The Girl in White (1952) Jeopardy (1953) Fast Company (1953) Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Underwater! (1955)

The Scarlet Coat (1955) Backlash (1956) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Saddle the Wind (1958) (van špice) The Law and Jake Wade (1958) The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Never So Few (1959) The Magnificent Seven (1960) By Love Possessed (1961) Sergeants 3 (1962) A Girl Named Tamiko (1963) The Great Escape (1963) The Satan Bug (1965) The Hallelujah Trail (1965) Hour of the Gun (1967) Ice Station Zebra (1968) Marooned (1969) LeMans (1971) (napustio snimanje prije završetka) Joe Kidd (1972) Chino (1973) McQ (1974) The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Litetatura

• Lovell, Glenn (2008), Escape Artist. The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 978-0-299-22830-9 
• „Gesprengte Ketten - The Great Escape, Behind the scenes, Photographs of cameraman Walter Riml, Editor Helma Türk & Christian Riml, House Publishing 2013, English/German (Online)

Vanjske veze

• John Sturges na sajtu IMDb