An American director, screenwriter, and producer, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom. He was one of those who contributed to the launch of the Academy Award-awarding academy as one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and served as its president for...Read more two years during the period from 1934 to 1935. He was a contemporary of silent cinema, then talkies, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director five times, including three nominations in one year. He was nominated for the award in 1930 for the films Drag and Weary River, in addition to the film The Divine Lady, for which he won the award. The second win was in 1934 for the film Cavalcade. He died in Santa Monica, California, in the United States.
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An American director, screenwriter, and producer, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom. He was one of those who contributed to the launch of the Academy Award-awarding academy as one of...Read more the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and served as its president for two years during the period from 1934 to 1935. He was a contemporary of silent cinema, then talkies, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director five times, including three nominations in one year. He was nominated for the award in 1930 for the films Drag and Weary River, in addition to the film The Divine Lady, for which he won the award. The second win was in 1934 for the film Cavalcade. He died in Santa Monica, California, in the United States.