Cecil B. DeMille
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday12 August 1881
Died21 January 1959 (age 77)
Place of birthAshfield, États-Unis
Known credits141
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 spectacle, sex, and spellbinding narrative to convey a message of faith. It was DeMille who created the i…
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
2020 · Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016 · Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003 · Self
The Casting Couch
1995
All-Time Movie Greats
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self (archive footage)
The Buccaneer
1958 · Presenter of Prologue
The Buccaneer
1958 · Producer
The Buccaneer
1958 · Executive Producer
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Narrator (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Director
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Producer
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
The War of the Worlds
1953 · Executive Producer
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
Son of Paleface
1952 · Photographer (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Director
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Producer
The Fallbrook Story
1952 · Self, Introduction
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Cecil B. DeMille
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Narrator (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Director
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Producer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Unconquered
1947 · Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947 · Director
Unconquered
1947 · Producer
Variety Girl
1947 · Cecil B. DeMille
Jens Mons in America
1947 · Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Director
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