Cecil B. DeMille
Directing1881-08-12Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 image of the omnipotent director, megaphone in hand, wearing boots and a visored cap. DeMille gave Hollywood numerous stars: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, William (“Hopalong Cassidy”) Boyd, Claudette Colbert, Robert Preston, Jean Arthur, and Charlton Heston. DeMille created the posts of studio story editor, art director, and concept artist. He was one of the first to use theatrical lighting on a movie set. In the late 1920s, when Hollywood converted to sound films, DeMille defied the sound experts, liberating the camera from a confining booth, and implementing the microphone boom. DeMille’s authority extended beyond the confines of his studio. He was a power in aviation, banking, politics, and real estate. In the 1930s, his fame as a filmmaker was surpassed by his fame as a radio star. He was a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an institution from which he eventually won two awards. In 1953 his film The Greatest Show on Earth won the Award for Best Picture of 1952; and he was presented with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. DeMille’s influence on world culture is incalculable, but there are estimates and milestones. His biography of Jesus Christ, The King of Kings, was a silent film, but because of a unique distribution arrangement, it was eventually seen by 800 million viewers. Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Ten Commandments (1956) are still listed with the top ten all-time box-office champions. They continue to generate revenue and provoke thought.
監督作品（75）
十戒
The Godless Girl
Don't Change Your Husband
Union Pacific
The Golden Chance
Samson and Delilah
十誡
Old Wives for New
Male and Female
Reap the Wild Wind
The Plainsman
The King of Kings
The Buccaneer
The Whispering Chorus
A Romance of the Redwoods
Dynamite
Something to Think About
North West Mounted Police
Unconquered
地上最大のショウ
The Volga Boatman
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Little American
Forbidden Fruit
The Road to Yesterday
The Crusades
Carmen
The Sign of the Cross
For Better, for Worse
クレオパトラ
チート
Brewster's Millions
The Captive
Fool's Paradise
The Squaw Man
Four Frightened People
マダム・サタン
The Squaw Man
The Woman God Forgot
Adam's Rib
Till I Come Back to You
Joan the Woman
The Virginian
The Affairs of Anatol
Why Change Your Wife?
The Girl of the Golden West
Saturday Night
The Call of the North
Manslaughter
The Squaw Man
The Man From Home
The Rose of the Rancho
This Day and Age
The Golden Bed
The Only Son
Nan of Music Mountain
The Wild Goose Chase
The Ghost Breaker
The Heart of Nora Flynn
The Warrens of Virginia
The Unafraid
We Can't Have Everything
Feet of Clay
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Temptation
Maria Rosa
Triumph
What's His Name
Chimmie Fadden Out West
Chimmie Fadden
The Arab
The Devil Stone
The Dream Girl
After Five
The Master Mind
出演作品（47）
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
Hollywood
サンセット大通り
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Cinépanorama
Indiana Jones : à la recherche de l'âge d'or perdu
十戒
Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner
A Trip to Paramountown
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes
What's My Line?
Hail Satan?
エド・サリヴァン・ショー
Samson and Delilah
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Reap the Wild Wind
This Is Your Life
North West Mounted Police
Unconquered
地上最大のショウ
Son of Paleface
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Variety Girl
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Star Spangled Rhythm
Free and Easy
Hollywood Extra Girl
The Squaw Man
マダム・サタン
The Circus: Premiere
The Buster Keaton Story
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
The Movies March On
Jens Månsson i Amerika
Estrellados
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
The Fallbrook Story
Hooray for Hollywood
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Spécial cinéma