FILM DIRECTOR

J. Searle Dawley

1877 - 1949

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James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Players, Fox, and other studios, he directed more than 300 short films and 56 features, which include many of the early releases of stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Pearl White, Marguerite Clark, Harold Lloyd, and John Barrymore. He also wrote scenarios for many of his productions, including one for his 1910 horror film Frankenstein, the earliest known screen adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel. While film direction and screenwriting comprised the bulk of Dawley's career, he also had earlier working experience in theater, performing on stage for more than a decade and managing every aspect of stagecraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Searle Dawley is the 1,241st most popular film director (up from 1,252nd in 2019), the 8,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,324th in 2019) and the 329th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, J. Searle Dawley ranks 1,241 out of 2,041. Before him are Jiří Weiss, Gilles Grangier, Robert Kramer, Frank Pierson, George Fitzmaurice, and Volodymyr Dakhno. After him are Francesco Maselli, Radu Mihăileanu, Werner Klingler, Pilar Miró, Jack Sholder, and James Gray.

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Among people born in 1877, J. Searle Dawley ranks 168. Before him are Johann Friedrich Höger, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Manuel González García, Elena Guro, Rudolph Dirks, and William Beebe. After him are Malcolm Whitman, Joseph Stella, Jón Þorláksson, Leopold Skulski, Félix Paiva, and George Cornet. Among people deceased in 1949, J. Searle Dawley ranks 165. Before him are Pandeli Evangjeli, Ivar Lykke, Georges Trombert, Karolina Widerström, William Henry Dean, and Léon Frapié. After him are Robert Ripley, Alexander Drankov, Linda Arvidson, Bill Robinson, Jack Lovelock, and John Neville Keynes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 8,883 out of 20,380. Before him are Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Carol Heiss (1940), Anthony Ramos (1991), Jamie Kennedy (1970), and Willie Colón (1950). After him are John Boehner (1949), Ronnie Ray Smith (1949), Neal E. Miller (1909), Bob Clotworthy (1931), Don Keefer (1916), and James C. Collins (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, J. Searle Dawley ranks 329. Before him are Richard Kelly (1975), Peter Del Monte (1943), Walter Murch (1943), Monte Hellman (1932), Robert Kramer (1939), and Frank Pierson (1925). After him are Jack Sholder (1945), James Gray (1969), Andrew Stanton (1965), William C. deMille (1878), David Twohy (1955), and James Algar (1912).

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