FILM DIRECTOR

Frank Borzage

1894 - 1962

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Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards. Born to Italian and Swiss immigrant parents in Salt Lake City, Borzage began his career as a teenager performing with traveling theater groups throughout the western United States He found employment in Hollywood in 1912, where he began directing and acting in short films before transitioning to feature films. Borzage's other directorial feature credits include Street Angel (1928), Bad Girl (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Man's Castle (1933), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (1940), and Moonrise (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Borzage is the 293rd most popular film director (up from 312th in 2019), the 2,282nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,992nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frank Borzage ranks 293 out of 2,041. Before him are Tsui Hark, John Frankenheimer, Youssef Chahine, Frank Darabont, Leonid Gaidai, and Sam Raimi. After him are Stanley Donen, Henri Verneuil, Mamoru Oshii, David Hamilton, Marco Bellocchio, and Denis Villeneuve.

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Among people born in 1894, Frank Borzage ranks 63. Before him are Aino Aalto, Américo Tomás, Walter Warlimont, Hans Kramers, Lothar von Richthofen, and Boris Lyatoshinsky. After him are V. V. Giri, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, King Vidor, Wilhelm Schepmann, André Kertész, and Hans Langsdorff. Among people deceased in 1962, Frank Borzage ranks 51. Before him are André Lhote, Owen D. Young, Aleksei Antonov, Princess Helen of Serbia, Natalia Sedova, and Hu Shih. After him are Thomas Mitchell, Vita Sackville-West, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Lei Feng, Albert Sarraut, and Frederick Schule.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Borzage ranks 2,282 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Holmes (1949), Kim Hunter (1922), Laura Dern (1967), Seka (1954), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), and Chris Brown (1989). After him are Abner Doubleday (1819), Johnny Ramone (1948), Steve Vai (1960), Sojourner Truth (1797), Elmer Bernstein (1922), and Stanley Donen (1924).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Frank Borzage ranks 83. Before him are Gus Van Sant (1952), Andrew Davis (1946), Wes Anderson (1969), George Stevens (1904), John Frankenheimer (1930), and Sam Raimi (1959). After him are Stanley Donen (1924), Tobe Hooper (1943), Raoul Walsh (1887), Michael Bay (1965), Paul Schrader (1946), and John G. Avildsen (1935).

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