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Director · Writer · Actor · 1898 to 1959

Preston Sturges

Best rated: Sullivan's Travels (7.9)

Films
11
Avg rating
7.15
Peak run
1941’44
7+ run
7 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Preston Sturges, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1941 to 1944, 7.6267819401942194419461948Sullivan's Travels 7.9The Palm Beach Story 7.4Career avg 7.15

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Preston Sturges's career barcodecoolhot
194011 films1949
Current formLast 5: 6.72 vs career 7.15 (−0.43)
  1. WHail the Conquering Hero1944 · 7.6+0.5
  2. LThe Great Moment1944 · 6.3−0.8
  3. LThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock1947 · 6.3−0.8
  4. WUnfaithfully Yours1948 · 7.4+0.3
  5. LThe Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend1949 · 6.0−1.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Preston by the numbers

Average
7.15
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.21
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
10y
1940 to 1949
Total votes
105K
across every film
Best
7.9
Sullivan's Travels
Worst
7.4
The Palm Beach Story
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend6.01,109
1948Unfaithfully Yours posterUnfaithfully Yours7.46,363
1947The Sin of Harold Diddlebock6.31,879
1944The Great Moment6.31,167
1944Hail the Conquering Hero posterHail the Conquering Hero7.65,609
1943The Miracle of Morgan's Creek posterThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek7.58,473
1942The Palm Beach Story posterThe Palm Beach Story7.413,969
1941Sullivan's Travels posterSullivan's Travels7.931,266
1941The Lady Eve posterThe Lady Eve7.725,811
1940Christmas in July7.34,804
1940The Great McGinty7.24,967
Better together?

Preston Sturges's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Preston Sturges and William Demarest movies · Preston Sturges and Victor Milner movies · Preston Sturges and Rudy Vallee movies · Preston Sturges and John F. Seitz movies

Takes

On Preston Sturges

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1945
    Preston Sturges
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1945
    Preston Sturges
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1941
    Preston Sturges
    Won

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