John Sturges

Biography

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).

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

57

Birth Date

1910-01-03 00:00:00

Birth Place

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Known For

• 

  The Great Escape
• 

  The Magnificent Seven
• 

  Ice Station Zebra
• 

  Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• 

  The Eagle Has Landed
• 

  Joe Kidd

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986

• directing (44 credits)

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    director

    directing
    1976
  • McQ

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Valdez Horses

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Joe Kidd

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Marooned

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Ice Station Zebra

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Hour of the Gun

    director

    directing
    1967
  • The Hallelujah Trail

    director

    directing
    1965
  • The Satan Bug

    director

    directing
    1965
  • The Great Escape

    director

    directing
    1963
  • A Girl Named Tamiko

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Sergeants 3

    director

    directing
    1962
  • By Love Possessed

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Magnificent Seven

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Never So Few

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Last Train from Gun Hill

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Old Man and the Sea

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Law and Jake Wade

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Saddle the Wind

    other

    directing
    1958
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Backlash

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Scarlet Coat

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Underwater!

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Bad Day at Black Rock

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Escape from Fort Bravo

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Fast Company

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Jeopardy

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Girl in White

    director

    directing
    1952
  • It's a Big Country

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The People Against O'Hara

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Kind Lady

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Magnificent Yankee

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Right Cross

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Mystery Street

    director

    directing
    1950
  • The Capture

    director

    directing
    1950
  • The Walking Hills

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Best Man Wins

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Sign of the Ram

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Thunderbolt

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Keeper of the Bees

    director

    directing
    1947
  • For the Love of Rusty

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Alias Mr. Twilight

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Shadowed

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Man Who Dared

    director

    directing
    1946

• production (6 credits)

  • The Valdez Horses

    producer

    production
    1973
  • Hour of the Gun

    producer

    production
    1967
  • The Hallelujah Trail

    producer

    production
    1965
  • The Satan Bug

    producer

    production
    1965
  • The Great Escape

    producer

    production
    1963
  • The Magnificent Seven

    producer

    production
    1960

• editing (4 credits)

  • Syncopation

    editor

    editing
    1942
  • Scattergood Meets Broadway

    editor

    editing
    1941
  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    editor

    editing
    1941
  • They Knew What They Wanted

    editor

    editing
    1940