FILM DIRECTOR

Lewis Milestone

1895 - 1980

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Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein; Russian: Лейб Мильштейн; September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an American film director. Milestone directed Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 11 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Milestone is the 161st most popular film director (down from 136th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Moldova (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Moldovan Film Director.

Lewis Milestone is most famous for directing the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lewis Milestone ranks 161 out of 2,041. Before him are Marcel Carné, Moustapha Akkad, Don Siegel, Abel Gance, Josef von Sternberg, and Peter Weir. After him are Louis Malle, Jean Vigo, Claude Lanzmann, Jacques Rivette, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Kim Ki-duk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Lewis Milestone ranks 64. Before him are Lázaro Cárdenas, Kurt Zeitzler, Wilhelm Kempff, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. After him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Edna Purviance, Clara Haskil, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Pavel Sukhoi, and Wilhelm Gustloff. Among people deceased in 1980, Lewis Milestone ranks 47. Before him are Robert Whittaker, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Bill Evans, Marian Rejewski, Kim Jae-gyu, and Gustav Wagner. After him are Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Mae West, Tadao Takayama, Mohammad Hatta, Fritz Strassmann, and Yigal Allon.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Lewis Milestone ranks 2 out of 107. Before him are Anton Rubinstein (1829). After him are Nicolae Timofti (1948), Emil Constantinescu (1939), Vladimir Voronin (1941), Maia Sandu (1972), Mircea Snegur (1941), Boris Kolker (1939), Eugen Doga (1937), Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725), Avigdor Lieberman (1958), and Kira Muratova (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Moldova

Among film directors born in Moldova, Lewis Milestone ranks 1. After him are Kira Muratova (1934), and Emil Loteanu (1936).

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