George Fitzmaurice

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1885-02-13

Deathday 1940-06-13 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Paris - France

George Fitzmaurice

Biography

From Wikipedia George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914 until his death in 1940, he directed over 80 films, including several successful movies such as The Son of the Sheik, Raffles, Mata Hari, and Suzy. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Son of the Sheik is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. Lilac Time is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice however directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are lost to the ravages of decompostion. Recent discoveries in Gosfilmofond in Russia include 1919's Witness for the Defense with Elsie Ferguson and 1923's Kick In with Bert Lytell. A restoration of his 1928 part talkie hybrid The Barker is winning praise from many film buffs. Rumours of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, and Edmund Goulding.

Known For

Director

1940
1938
1938
Vacation from Love

as Director

1937
1937
1936
Suzy

as Director

1936
Petticoat Fever

as Director

1934
Nana

as Director

1934
1932
As You Desire Me

as Director

1931
Mata Hari

as Director

1931
The Unholy Garden

as Director

1931
Strangers May Kiss

as Director

1930
Raffles

as Director

1930
The Devil to Pay!

as Director

1930
One Heavenly Night

as Director

1930
The Bad One

as Director

1929
The Locked Door

as Director

1929
His Captive Woman

as Director

1929
1929
Tiger Rose

as Director

1928
The Barker

as Director

1928
Lilac Time

as Director

1927
The Night of Love

as Director

1927
1927
The Love Mart

as Director

1927
The Tender Hour

as Director

1926
1925
1925
The Dark Angel

as Director

1925
His Supreme Moment

as Director

1924
Cytherea

as Director

1924
Tarnish

as Director

1923
The Eternal City

as Director

1923
Bella Donna

as Director

1923
The Cheat

as Director

1922
The Man From Home

as Director

1922
Three Live Ghosts

as Director

1922
1922
Kick In

as Director

1921
Paying the Piper

as Director

1921
Experience

as Director

1921
Forever

as Director

1920
The Right to Love

as Director

1920
On with the Dance

as Director

1920
Idols of Clay

as Director

1919
Our Better Selves

as Director

1919
The Avalanche

as Director

1919
A Society Exile

as Director

1919
Counterfeit

as Director

1919
Common Clay

as Director

1918
1918
The Naulahka

as Director

1918
1918
The Narrow Path

as Director

1917
1917
The Recoil

as Director

1917
1917
Kick In

as Director

1916
Big Jim Garrity

as Director

1916
Arms and the Woman

as Director

1916
The Test

as Director

1915
Via Wireless

as Director

1915
At Bay

as Director

1915
The Commuters

as Director

1915
Stop Thief!

as Director

1915
1914
When Rome Ruled

as Director

1914
The Bomb Boy

as Director

Producer

1932
As You Desire Me

as Producer

1931
Mata Hari

as Producer

1931
The Unholy Garden

as Producer

1931
Strangers May Kiss

as Producer

1930
The Devil to Pay!

as Producer

1929
The Locked Door

as Producer

1928
Lilac Time

as Producer

1925
A Thief in Paradise

as Executive Producer

1923
The Cheat

as Producer

1921
Paying the Piper

as Producer

Actor

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Writer

1915
Who's Who in Society

as Scenario Writer