George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice

Directing
Born 1885-02-13 Died 1940-06-13 Paris - France 79 credits star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

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From Wikipedia George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914 until his death in 1940, he directed over 80 films, including several successful movies such as The Son of the Sheik, Raffles, Mata Hari, and Suzy. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Son of the Sheik is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. Lilac Time is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice however directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are lost to the ravages of decompostion. Recent discoveries in Gosfilmofond in Russia include 1919's Witness for the Defense with Elsie Ferguson and 1923's Kick In with Bert Lytell. A restoration of his 1928 part talkie hybrid The Barker is winning praise from many film buffs. Rumours of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, and Edmund Goulding.
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Filmography — top 60 of 79
Directing 57 credits
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
1931 · ★ 6.2 · Director, Producer
Bella Donna
Bella Donna
1923 · Director
The Commuters
The Commuters
1915 · Director
The Emperor's Candlesticks
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Director
The Son of the Sheik
The Son of the Sheik
1926 · 65% · Director
Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Director
Sylvia of the Secret Service
Sylvia of the Secret Service
1917 · Director
The Devil to Pay!
The Devil to Pay!
1930 · Director, Producer
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
1932 · Director, Producer
Suzy
Suzy
1936 · Director
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Director, Producer
The Locked Door
The Locked Door
1929 · Director, Producer
Adventure in Diamonds
Adventure in Diamonds
1940 · Director
Strangers May Kiss
Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Director, Producer
Vacation from Love
Vacation from Love
1938 · Director
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 · Director
Tiger Rose
Tiger Rose
1929 · Director
Lilac Time
Lilac Time
1928 · Director, Producer
One Heavenly Night
One Heavenly Night
1930 · Director
Cytherea
Cytherea
1924 · Director
The Bad One
The Bad One
1930 · Director
The Barker
The Barker
1928 · Director
Three Live Ghosts
Three Live Ghosts
1922 · Director
Rose of the Golden West
Rose of the Golden West
1927 · Director
Paying the Piper
Paying the Piper
1921 · Director, Producer
Experience
Experience
1921 · Director
Tarnish
Tarnish
1924 · Director
The Tender Hour
The Tender Hour
1927 · Director
Petticoat Fever
Petticoat Fever
1936 · Director
The Eternal City
The Eternal City
1923 · Director
His Captive Woman
His Captive Woman
1929 · Director
At Bay
At Bay
1915 · Director
Raffles
Raffles
1930 · Director
The Witness for the Defense
The Witness for the Defense
1919 · Director
The Right to Love
The Right to Love
1920 · Director
The Man From Home
The Man From Home
1922 · Director
His Supreme Moment
His Supreme Moment
1925 · Director
The Love Mart
The Love Mart
1927 · Director
On with the Dance
On with the Dance
1920 · Director
The Night of Love
The Night of Love
1927 · Director
Arms and the Woman
Arms and the Woman
1916 · Director
The Avalanche
The Avalanche
1919 · Director
The Hunting of the Hawk
The Hunting of the Hawk
1917 · Director
A Society Exile
A Society Exile
1919 · Director
When Rome Ruled
When Rome Ruled
1914 · Director
Idols of Clay
Idols of Clay
1920 · Director
A Thief in Paradise
A Thief in Paradise
1925 · Director, Executive Producer
Via Wireless
Via Wireless
1915 · Director
To Have and to Hold
To Have and to Hold
1922 · Director
Blind Man's Luck
Blind Man's Luck
1917 · Director
The Recoil
The Recoil
1917 · Director
Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
1915 · Director
Kick In
Kick In
1917 · Director
The Cheat
The Cheat
1923 · Director, Producer
The Man and the Moment
The Man and the Moment
1929 · Director
Counterfeit
Counterfeit
1919 · Director
A Japanese Nightingale
A Japanese Nightingale
1918 · Director
Producing 10 credits
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
1931 · ★ 6.2 · Director, Producer
The Devil to Pay!
The Devil to Pay!
1930 · Director, Producer
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
1932 · Director, Producer
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Director, Producer
The Locked Door
The Locked Door
1929 · Director, Producer
Strangers May Kiss
Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Director, Producer
Lilac Time
Lilac Time
1928 · Director, Producer
Paying the Piper
Paying the Piper
1921 · Director, Producer
A Thief in Paradise
A Thief in Paradise
1925 · Director, Executive Producer
The Cheat
The Cheat
1923 · Director, Producer
Acting 3 credits
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · ★ 7.3 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine
1917 · Supervisor of Production Resources
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