Biography: life and films
Howard Hawks was an American film director, screenwriter and producer whose birth name was Howard Winchester Hawks. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, USA on 30th May 1896 and died in Palm Springs, California, USA on 26th December 1977, aged 81.His best films as a film director include Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Red River (1948) and The Thing from Another World (1951), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Josef von Sternberg's Underworld (1927), Scarface (1932), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Thing from Another World (1951) and Monkey Business (1952).
Howard Hawks directed 47 films, scripted 25 films and appeared in 3 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jack Conway (2 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), romance (16), comedy (15), comedy-romance (10), War (9), Western (8), Thriller (5), history (3), crime-thriller (3), comedy-drama (2) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Howard Hawks over all films is: 3.4
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Quicksands (1923) [w]
Tiger Love (1924) [w]
The Dressmaker from Paris (1925) [w]
The Road to Yesterday (1925) [w]
Fig Leaves (1926) [d,w]
Honesty - The Best Policy (1926) [w]
The Road to Glory (1926) [d,w]
Paid to Love (1927) [d]
The Cradle Snatchers (1927) [d]
Underworld (1927) [w]
A Girl in Every Port (1928) [d,w]
Fazil (1928) [d]
The Air Circus (1928) [d]
Trent's Last Case (1929) [d]
The Dawn Patrol (1930) [a,d]
The Criminal Code (1931) [d]
La Foule hurle (1932) [d,w]
Scarface (1932) [d,w]
The Crowd Roars (1932) [d,w]
Tiger Shark (1932) [d,w]
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) [d]
Today We Live (1933) [d]
Twentieth Century (1934) [d]
Viva Villa! (1934) [d,w]
Ceiling Zero (1936) [d]
Come and Get It (1936) [d]
The Road to Glory (1936) [d]
Test Pilot (1938) [w]
The Dawn Patrol (1938) [w]
Indianapolis Speedway (1939) [w]
Only Angels Have Wings (1939) [d,w]
Ball of Fire (1941) [d]
Sergeant York (1941) [d]
Air Force (1943) [d]
Corvette K-225 (1943) [d]
The Outlaw (1943) [d,w]
To Have and Have Not (1944) [d]
A Song Is Born (1948) [d]
Red River (1948) [d]
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) [d]
The Thing from Another World (1951) [d,w]
Monkey Business (1952) [a,d,w]
O. Henry's Full House (1952) [d]
The Big Sky (1952) [d]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [d]
Land of the Pharaohs (1955) [d]
Rio Bravo (1959) [d]
Hatari! (1962) [d]
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) [d]
Red Line 7000 (1965) [a,d]
El Dorado (1966) [d]
Rio Lobo (1970) [d]
The French Connection (1971) [w]
Scarface (1983) [w]
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