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Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Directing
12 Aug 1881
21 Jan 1959
Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 specta...

Also Known As

Cecil Blount de Mille, Cecil Blount DeMille

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