Lewis Milestone

1895

1980

Director, Producer, Writer

Lewis Milestone was a Russian-born director and producer whose film career spanned 1921 to 1965. He emigrated to the United States in 1913. OF MICE AND MEN (1939), LES MISERABLES (1952), and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962) are among his film credits. Milestone received Academy Awards for directing ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) and TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (1927), and was nominated for directing THE FRONT PAGE (1931).

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