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Howard Hawks - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born May 30, 1896 in Goshen (Indiana) in the family of a paper manufacturer Frank Hawkes and his wife Helene. In 1906-1908 he studied in high school, in 1908-1913 at the University of Pasadena (California), in 1914 at Phillips Exeter Academy (Massachusetts), in 1915-1917 at Cornell University (New York). Receives an engineering degree. In 1917-1919 he served in the US Army Aviation Service; is taking military training in Texas; receives the rank of lieutenant. In 1920-1925, a race car driver, designer at an aircraft plant. Gruvemuvestart
In 1916-1917 during the holidays he worked in the script department of the studio Faymous Players-Lasky (later Paramount). In 1919-1921 he was an independent producer of two-part films by Alan Duane, Marshall Neilan, Allen Holubar. In 1922-1924 in the script department of Paramount; participates in work on scripts for more than 60 films; buys, inter alia, the rights to stories by Joseph Conrad and Jack London. In 1924 he transferred to MGM, since Laski did not allow him to direct. In 1925 he transferred to William Fox, who offered him a director's contract. (According to other sources, between 1922 and 1924 Hawkes worked as an independent producer, and from 1924 to 1926 in the script department of Paramount.) In 1926, the first film as a director - "The Road to Glory", written by his own script.
In 1926-1970 participates in the work on the scripts of all his films.
He is also an aviator, race car driver, yachtsman, horse breeder, mountain skier, fisherman, hunter, carpenter, collector of antique weapons, architect, collector of Occidental painting and engraving, jeweler, designer of racing cars and aircraft (in 1936, a car designed by Hawkes won the Indianapolis) .
In 1975 he received an honorary Oscar for his contribution to the art of cinema.
Howard Hawks died on December 26, 1977 at his Palm Springs home.
