Jean Negulesco
Jean Negulesco is known for How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Titanic (1953), Daddy Long Legs (1955).
Biography
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Jean Negulesco (26 February 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-born American film director and screenwriter.
Born in Craiova, he attended Carol I High School. In 1915 he moved to Vienna, in 1919 to Bucharest, where he worked as a painter, before becoming a stage decorator in Paris. In 1927 he went to New York City for an exhibition of his paintings, and settled there.
In 1934 he entered the film industry, first as a sketch artist, then as an assistant producer, second unit director and in the late 1930s he became a director and screenwriter. He made a reputation at Warner Brothers by directing short subjects, particularly a series of band shorts featuring unusual camera angles and dramatic use of shadows and silhouettes.
Negulesco's first feature film as director was Singapore Woman (1941). In 1948 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for Johnny Belinda. In 1955, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film for How to Marry a Millionaire. His 1959 movie The Best of Everything was on Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" list.
From the late 1960s, he lived in Marbella, Spain. He died there at age 93, of heart failure.
During his Hollywood career and in his 1984 autobiography, Negulesco claimed to have been born on 29 February 1900; he was apparently motivated to make this statement because birthdays on Leap Year Day are comparatively rare. In fact, 1900 was not a leap year, so there was no 29 February in 1900. Negulesco's autobiography (in which this claim appears) is appropriately titled Things I Did and Things I Think I Did.
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Questions about Jean Negulesco
How many Jean Negulesco films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 44 films with Jean Negulesco, from 1937 to 1970.
What is the best rated Jean Negulesco film?
The best rated Jean Negulesco film in the catalogue is How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), rated 6.8.
What was the first Jean Negulesco film?
The first Jean Negulesco film in the catalogue is Swiss Miss, from 1938.
Who has Jean Negulesco worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Jean Negulesco shares the most credits with Alfred Newman (2 films), Charlotte Austin (2 films) and Clifton Webb (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Director (1949)
Known for
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6.6 Titanic
1953
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6.8 How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
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4.5 Jessica
1962
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6.4 Daddy Long Legs
1955
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5.8 Boy on a Dolphin
1957
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6.3 The Best of Everything
1959
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7.1 The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
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5.9 Three Coins in the Fountain
1954
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6.9 O. Henry's Full House
1952
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6.9 Johnny Belinda
1948
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6.3 Swiss Miss
1938
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6.7 Road House
1948
Trivia
- Also works as
- screenwriter · film director · painter · director · artist
- Studied at
- Carol I National College
- Spouse
- Dusty Anderson
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
72 films — 44 in the catalogue
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5.0 Hello-Goodbye
1970
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3.2 The Invincible Six
1970
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5.4 The Pleasure Seekers
1964
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4.5
Jessica
1962
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6.3
The Best of Everything
1959
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4.8 Count Your Blessings
1959
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6.3 A Certain Smile
1958
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7.3 The Gift of Love
1958
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5.8
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
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7.0 The Dark Wave
1956
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5.4 The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
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6.4
Daddy Long Legs
1955
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7.2 Woman's World
1954
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5.9
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954
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6.8
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
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6.9 Scandal at Scourie
1953
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6.6
Titanic
1953
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6.9
O. Henry's Full House
1952
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6.1 Lure of the Wilderness
1952
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6.8 Lydia Bailey
1952
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6.4 Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
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5.3 Take Care of My Little Girl
1951
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6.6 The Mudlark
1950
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6.4 Under My Skin
1950
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6.7 Three Came Home
1950
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6.9 The Forbidden Street
1949
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6.7
Road House
1948
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6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
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5.6 Deep Valley
1947
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7.0 Humoresque
1947
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6.4 Nobody Lives Forever
1946
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6.4 Three Strangers
1946
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6.3 The Conspirators
1944
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7.1
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
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8.0 Roaring Guns
1944
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8.0 Over the Wall
1943
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5.8 Food and Magic
1943
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6.0 The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
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5.9 Cavalcade of Dance
1943
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6.8 Women at War
1943
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Hit Parade of the Gay Nineties
1943
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7.0 All Star Melody Masters
1943
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6.6 Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
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6.3 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
1943
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5.3
The United States Navy Band
1943
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5.0
The United States Army Band
1943
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4.5 The United States Service Bands
1943
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6.8
Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica School
1942
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5.8
The United States Marine Band
1942
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5.8 Six Hits and a Miss
1942
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6.8 Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
1942
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9.0 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
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5.5 Spanish Fiesta
1942
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5.3 The United States Army Air Force Band
1942
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The Playgirls
1942
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6.0
Calling All Girls
1942
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4.9 The Gay Parisian
1942
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5.3 A Ship Is Born
1942
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6.0 At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
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10.0
Those Good Old Days
1941
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5.0
Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
1941
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7.2 Singapore Woman
1941
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4.3 Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
1941
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5.0 Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
1941
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4.7
Henry Busse and His Orchestra
1940
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7.0 The Flag of Humanity
1940
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6.9 City for Conquest
1940
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6.4 Alice in Movieland
1940
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5.4 Rio
1939
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6.3
Swiss Miss
1938
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6.5 The Beloved Brat
1938
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5.6 Fight for Your Lady
1937
People data: TMDb.
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