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Popular As | John Sturges |
Occupation | Director |
Age | 110 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Born | January 3, 1910 (Illinois) |
Birthday | January 3 |
Town/City | Illinois |
Nationality | Illinois |
John Sturges’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
John Sturges was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Active primarily during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, he directed such popular films as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Great Escape, and The Magnificent Seven, and was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the 1955 feature Bad Day at Black Rock.
His early directing credits include a series of World War II-era U.S. Army Air Corps training movies, as well as the post-war Hollywood B-movie The Man Who Dared.
He was the 1990 recipient of the Western film genre's prestigious Golden Boot Award.
Born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, he later settled in Southern California.
Japanese director Akira Kurosawa commended Sturges on his direction of The Magnificent Seven (which was an adaptation of the earlier Kurosawa film Seven Samurai).