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Jean Negulesco

Jean Negulesco

Known For Directing
Birthday Feb 26, 1900
Died Jul 18, 1993 (93)
Birthplace Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 s ... tage 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Negulesco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

Second Unit Director

The Flag of Humanity

The Flag of Humanity

1940

Screenplay

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940

Second Unit Director

Rio

Rio

1939

Story

Swiss Miss

Swiss Miss

1938

Story

The Beloved Brat

The Beloved Brat

1938

Story

Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands

1937

Screenplay

This Is the Night

This Is the Night

1932

Technical Supervisor

Hello-Goodbye

Hello-Goodbye

1970

Director

The Invincible Six

The Invincible Six

1970

Director

The Pleasure Seekers

The Pleasure Seekers

1964

Director

Jessica

Jessica

1962

Director

Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

1959

Director

The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything

1959

Director

A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile

1958

Director

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love

1958

Director

Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin

1957

Director

The Dark Wave

The Dark Wave

1956

Director

The Rains of Ranchipur

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955

Director

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

1955

Director

Woman's World

Woman's World

1954

Director

Scandal at Scourie

Scandal at Scourie

1953

Director

Titanic

Titanic

1953

Director

Lydia Bailey

Lydia Bailey

1952

Director

Lure of the Wilderness

Lure of the Wilderness

1952

Director

O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

1952

Director

The Mudlark

The Mudlark

1950

Director

Three Came Home

Three Came Home

1950

Director

Under My Skin

Under My Skin

1950

Director

The Forbidden Street

The Forbidden Street

1949

Director

Road House

Road House

1948

Director

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1948

Director

Humoresque

Humoresque

1947

Director

Deep Valley

Deep Valley

1947

Director

Three Strangers

Three Strangers

1946

Director

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

1946

Director

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944

Director

The Conspirators

The Conspirators

1944

Director

Roaring Guns

Roaring Guns

1944

Director

Over the Wall

Over the Wall

1943

Director

Women at War

Women at War

1943

Director

Cavalcade of Dance

Cavalcade of Dance

1943

Director

Food and Magic

Food and Magic

1943

Director

All Star Melody Masters

All Star Melody Masters

1943

Director

The Gay Parisian

The Gay Parisian

1942

Director

Six Hits and a Miss

Six Hits and a Miss

1942

Director

Calling All Girls

Calling All Girls

1942

Director

Spanish Fiesta

Spanish Fiesta

1942

Director

A Ship Is Born

A Ship Is Born

1942

Director

Singapore Woman

Singapore Woman

1941

Director

At the Stroke of Twelve

At the Stroke of Twelve

1941

Director

Those Good Old Days

Those Good Old Days

1941

Director

City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940

Director

Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

1940

Director

The Flag of Humanity

The Flag of Humanity

1940

Director

Crash Donovan

Crash Donovan

1936

Co-Director

Jessica

Jessica

1962

Producer

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