Howard Hawks

Director and producer. Born 30 May 1896 in Goshen, Indiana, USA. Died 26 December 1977.

Titles on Fi1m11 directing · 1 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 11 titles

Oscar nomination

Born

30 May 1896, Goshen, Indiana, USA

Died

26 December 1977

Active

1932–1983

Frequently works with

Jules Furthman, Walter Brennan, Cary Grant, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Dudley Nichols, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

84Fi1m

81Critics

We rate Howard’s work 3 points above the press, across 9 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above9

60 to 792

Under 600

Of 11 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 11 films
Screen time: 21 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $53m across 8 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1932–1983

Genres

Romance6
Drama4
Adventure3
Comedy3
Crime3
Western3

Best and worst on Fi1m

90BestHis Girl Friday1940

66WorstSergeant York1941

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21910s

171920s

151930s

111940s

71950s

41960s

21970s

11980s

Co-stars most worked with

Walter Brennan4 titles

Cary Grant3 titles

Humphrey Bogart2 titles

John Wayne2 titles

Lauren Bacall2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1942Best Director · Sergeant York

Other awards1 won

Won1975Academy Honorary Award: Academy Honorary Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.