1897
Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)
Douglas Sirk
German film director (1897–1987)
- Born
- 1897
Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.