John Sturges

Known for

Directing

Born

January 3, 1910

Birthplace

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Died

August 18, 1992 (aged 82)

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).

Best known work

The Great Escape

1963

The Magnificent Seven

1960

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

Joe Kidd

1972

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

Ice Station Zebra

1968

The Old Man and the Sea

1958

Marooned

1969

Filmography

2021
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage)
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
Director
1974
McQ
Director
1973
The Valdez Horses
Producer, Director
1972
Joe Kidd
Director
1969
Marooned
Director
1968
Ice Station Zebra
Director
1967
Hour of the Gun
Director, Producer
1965
The Hallelujah Trail
Director, Producer
1965
The Satan Bug
Director, Producer
1963
The Great Escape
Director, Producer
1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
Director
1962
Sergeants 3
Director
1961
By Love Possessed
Director
1960
The Magnificent Seven
Producer, Director
1959
Never So Few
Director
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
Director
1958
The Old Man and the Sea
Director
1958
The Law and Jake Wade
Director
1958
Saddle the Wind
Other
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Director
1956
Backlash
Director
1955
The Scarlet Coat
Director