Douglas Sirk

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film director
gptkbp:activeYears 1937
1986
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Directors_Guild_of_America_Award
Golden Globe Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1897-04-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkbp:children Christian_Sirk
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Rock_Hudson
gptkb:Jane_Wyman
gptkb:Dorothy_Malone
gptkb:Robert_Stack
gptkbp:deathDate 1987-01-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Santa_Barbara,_California,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Hamburg
gptkbp:filmography The Last Illusion
gptkbp:genre romantic drama
melodrama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Douglas Sirk
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Todd_Haynes
gptkb:Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Erich_von_Stroheim
gptkb:Fritz_Lang
gptkbp:knownFor social commentary
emotional depth
stylized visual aesthetics
gptkbp:legacy cult following
critical reevaluation
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableWork Magnificent Obsession
All That Heaven Allows
Imitation of Life
Written on the Wind
gptkbp:occupation screenwriter
producer
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition gptkb:American_Film_Institute
film festivals
Criterion Collection
gptkbp:postRetirementCareer theater director
film editor
gptkbp:produces The Tarnished Angels
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Sirk
gptkbp:style Technicolor
high melodrama