Howard Hawks (1896–1977) was an American film director who made 40 films between 1926 and 1970. He is responsible for classic films in genres including film noir, screwball comedy, crime, science fiction, and Western.
Films directed
Year Title Notes Other rolesSilent films1926The Road to GloryLost filmWriterFig LeavesColour scenes included1927The Cradle SnatchersPartially lostPaid to Love1928A Girl in Every PortWriterFazil1929Trent's Last CaseSound films1928The Air CircusCo-directed with Lewis Seiler / Lost film1930The Dawn PatrolWriter1931The Criminal CodeProducer1932ScarfaceCo-directed with Richard RossonProducer, WriterThe Crowd RoarsWriterTiger Shark1933Today We LiveCo-directed with Richard Rosson1934Twentieth CenturyProducer1935Barbary Coast1936Ceiling ZeroThe Road to GloryCome and Get ItCo-directed with William Wyler1938Bringing Up BabyProducer1939Only Angels Have Wings1940His Girl Friday1941Sergeant YorkBall of Fire1943Air ForceProducer1944To Have and Have Not1946The Big Sleep1948Red River2nd unit director Arthur RossonProducer & PresenterA Song Is BornFirst Technicolor film1949I Was a Male War Bride1952The Big SkyProducerMonkey Business"Ransom of Red Chief"from O. Henry's Full House1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesTechnicolor film1955Land of the PharaohsProducer1959Rio Bravo1962Hatari!Producer & Presenter1964Man's Favorite Sport?Producer1965Red Line 7000Producer, Writer1966El DoradoSimilar idea to Rio Bravo / Technicolor filmProducer & Presenter1970Rio LoboSimilar idea to Rio Bravo / Technicolor film / Final film Hawks directedProducer
Films produced only Year Title Genre Cast Studio Notes1943Corvette K-225WarRandolph Scott, Ella Raines, Barry FitzgeraldUniversal Picturesproducer, directed by Richard Rosson1951The Thing from Another WorldScience fictionKenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey MartinWinchester Picturesproducer, directed by Christian Nyby"And let's get the record straight. The movie was directed by Howard Hawks. Verifiably directed by Howard Hawks. He let his editor, Christian Nyby, take credit. But the kind of feeling between the male characters—the camaderie, the group of men that has to fight off the evil—it's all pure Hawksian."
Documentary appearances Year Title Notes1967Cinemaepisode: "Howard Hawks"1970Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobomaking-of documentary1972The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawksdocumentary1977Hollywood Greatsepisode: "Humphrey Bogart"
Unfinished projects Year Title Notes1932La foule hurleFrench-language version of The Crowd Roars directed by John Daumery, featuring footage from Hawks film1933The Prizefighter and the Ladyresigned, replaced by W.S. Van Dyke1934Viva Villa!resigned, replaced by Jack Conway1943The Outlawresigned, replaced by Howard Hughes
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