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1898 – 1959Preston Sturges (1898-1959)Died 6 August 1959, aged 60Sturges was an American writer-director whose rapid-fire screwball comedies, including Sullivan's Travels and The Lady Eve, made him one of Hollywood's most acclaimed filmmakers of the early 1940s. He was the first Hollywood screenwriter to also direct his own scripts. His career declined sharply in his later years.