Directing · b. 1881 · Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA

Cecil B. DeMille

Biography

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable. Cecil B. DeMille is synonymous with religious epics: The King of Kings, Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments (1956). He blended spectacle, sex, and spellbinding narrative to convey a message of faith. It was DeMille who created the i...

Directed
The Ten Commandments 1956 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Samson and Delilah 1949 Unconquered 1947 The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944 Reap the Wild Wind 1942 North West Mounted Police 1940 Union Pacific 1939 The Buccaneer 1938 The Plainsman 1936 The Crusades 1935 Four Frightened People 1934 Cleopatra 1934 This Day and Age 1933 The Sign of the Cross 1932 The Squaw Man 1931 Madam Satan 1930 Dynamite 1929 The Godless Girl 1928 The King of Kings 1927 The Volga Boatman 1926 The Golden Bed 1925 The Road to Yesterday 1925 Feet of Clay 1924 Triumph 1924 The Ten Commandments 1923 Adam's Rib 1923 Manslaughter 1922 Saturday Night 1922 Forbidden Fruit 1921 The Affairs of Anatol 1921 Fool's Paradise 1921 Why Change Your Wife? 1920 Something to Think About 1920 Don't Change Your Husband 1919 Male and Female 1919 For Better, for Worse 1919 The Squaw Man 1918 The Whispering Chorus 1918 Old Wives for New 1918 We Can't Have Everything 1918 Till I Come Back to You 1918 Nan of Music Mountain 1917 A Romance of the Redwoods 1917 The Woman God Forgot 1917 The Little American 1917 The Devil Stone 1917 Joan the Woman 1916 The Heart of Nora Flynn 1916 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1916 Maria Rosa 1916 The Dream Girl 1916 The Wild Goose Chase 1915 The Cheat 1915 Carmen 1915 The Golden Chance 1915 The Warrens of Virginia 1915 The Unafraid 1915 Kindling 1915 The Captive 1915 The Girl of the Golden West 1915 Temptation 1915 Chimmie Fadden Out West 1915 Chimmie Fadden 1915 The Arab 1915 After Five 1915 The Virginian 1914 The Ghost Breaker 1914 The Squaw Man 1914 Brewster's Millions 1914 The Rose of the Rancho 1914 The Man From Home 1914 The Call of the North 1914 What's His Name 1914 The Only Son 1914 The Man on the Box 1914 The Master Mind 1914
Acting
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2021 Yul Brynner, the Magnificent Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2020 Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II Self 2020 Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle Self (archive footage) 2020 Hail Satan? Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2019 Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2019 The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille Self 2016 Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) 2012 Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007 The Making of The Ten Commandments Self 2003 The Casting Couch 1995 Going Hollywood: The '30s Self (archive footage) 1984 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983 Showbiz Ballyhoo Self (archive footage) 1982 Hooray for Hollywood Self (archive footage) 1976 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975 The Buster Keaton Story Cecil B. DeMille 1957 Son of Paleface Photographer (uncredited) 1952 The Fallbrook Story Self, Introduction 1952 Sunset Boulevard Cecil B. DeMille 1950 Variety Girl Cecil B. DeMille 1947 Jens Mons in America Self (uncredited) 1947 Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary Self 1945 Star Spangled Rhythm Cecil B. DeMille 1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self 1942 The Movies March On Self (archive footage) 1939 Hollywood Extra Girl Cecil B. DeMille 1935 The Hollywood You Never See Self 1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1933 Estrellados Self (Guest Appearance) 1930
Other Credits
The Buccaneer Executive Producer 1958 The War of the Worlds Executive Producer 1953 Land of Liberty Editor 1939 Let 'Er Go Gallegher Executive Producer 1928 The Angel of Broadway Producer 1927 The Fighting Eagle Producer 1927 Vanity Producer 1927 White Gold Producer 1927 The Cruise of the Jasper B Producer 1926 Silence Producer 1926 Whispering Smith Producer 1926 Red Dice Presenter 1926 The Wedding Song Producer 1925 The Dressmaker from Paris Supervising Producer 1925 Lost and Won Producer 1917 Betty to the Rescue General Manager 1917 The Love Mask Writer 1916 The Circus Man Writer 1914 Ready Money Writer 1914 Lord Chumley Theatre Play 1914
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