- Naissance
- Décédé(e)10 août 1960 · Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis (heart and lung trouble)
- Nom de naissanceFrank William George Lloyd
- Taille5′ 11½″ (1,82 m)
- Frank Lloyd est né le 2 février 1886 au Royaume-Uni. Il était réalisateur et acteur. Il est connu pour Les Révoltés du Bounty (1935), Cavalcade (1933) et The Divine Lady (1928). Il était marié à Virginia Kellogg et Alma Haller (actress). Il est mort le 10 août 1960 en Californie, États-Unis.
- Conjoints(es)Virginia Kellogg(2 septembre 1955 - 10 août 1960) (son décès)Alma Haller (actress)(11 juillet 1913 - 16 mars 1952) (son décès, 1 enfant)
- Enfants
- One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- Is the only person to ever win a best director Oscar for a film (The Divine Lady (1928)) that was not nominated for Best Picture.
- Purchased the rights to "Mutiny on the Bounty" himself for $12,500 and in turn resold them to MGM with the proviso that he direct. Fox, Lloyd's home studio, agreed to lend him out for the assignment.
- He directed two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Cavalcade (1933) and Les Révoltés du Bounty (1935).
- Formed Frank Lloyd Productions, a film production company, in 1920.
- [on his film A Tale of Two Cities (1917)] I met a neighbor of ours, a school teacher. I told him of my assignment to make the Dickens picture. He was very much impressed. 'What a marvelous opportunity,' he said. 'I think it a privilege to bring the works of Dickens before sixty people, and here you have the chance to bring them before sixty million.' I thought of this latter phrase, I think, all during the making of the picture. I decided it would be more discreet to bring the works of Charles Dickens before - possibly - many million people, than the work of Frank Lloyd. For that reason I followed as closely as possible the story of the book. Every historical detail was absolutely correct; all the settings were the result of careful, patient research; and the characterizations and theme of the story were transferred to the screen in such a manner as to accurately follow the author's ideas.
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