Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Directing

Born August 12, 1881 · Ashfield, États-Unis

78 films as director · Active 1914–1956

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-direc…

Known for

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950

Unconquered

Unconquered

1947

Directed(78)

The Ten Commandments

1956The Ten Commandments★ 7.8

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952The Greatest Show on Earth★ 6.4

Samson and Delilah

1949Samson and Delilah★ 6.6

Unconquered

1947Unconquered★ 6.5

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944The Story of Dr. Wassell★ 6.4

Reap the Wild Wind

1942Reap the Wild Wind★ 6.4

North West Mounted Police

1940North West Mounted Police★ 6.4

Union Pacific

1939Union Pacific★ 6.7

The Buccaneer

1938The Buccaneer★ 6.4

The Plainsman

1936The Plainsman★ 6.5

The Crusades

1935The Crusades★ 6.4

Four Frightened People

1934Four Frightened People★ 5.9

Cleopatra

1934Cleopatra★ 6.1

This Day and Age

1933This Day and Age★ 5.0

The Sign of the Cross

1932The Sign of the Cross★ 6.4

The Squaw Man

1931The Squaw Man★ 5.4

Madam Satan

1930Madam Satan★ 5.9

Dynamite

1929Dynamite★ 6.4

The Godless Girl

1928The Godless Girl★ 7.0

The King of Kings

1927The King of Kings★ 6.4

The Volga Boatman

1926The Volga Boatman★ 6.5

The Golden Bed

1925The Golden Bed★ 4.0

The Road to Yesterday

1925The Road to Yesterday★ 6.8

Feet of Clay

1924Feet of Clay★ 7.0

Triumph

1924Triumph★ 8.0

The Ten Commandments

1923The Ten Commandments★ 6.6

Adam's Rib

1923Adam's Rib★ 6.8

Manslaughter

1922Manslaughter★ 5.5

Saturday Night

1922Saturday Night★ 5.9

Forbidden Fruit

1921Forbidden Fruit★ 6.6

The Affairs of Anatol

1921The Affairs of Anatol★ 5.9

Fool's Paradise

1921Fool's Paradise★ 6.8

1921The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel

Why Change Your Wife?

1920Why Change Your Wife?★ 5.6

Something to Think About

1920Something to Think About★ 6.8

Don't Change Your Husband

1919Don't Change Your Husband★ 6.8

Male and Female

1919Male and Female★ 6.4

For Better, for Worse

1919For Better, for Worse★ 6.3

The Squaw Man

1918The Squaw Man★ 5.8

The Whispering Chorus

1918The Whispering Chorus★ 6.4

Old Wives for New

1918Old Wives for New★ 6.4

We Can't Have Everything

1918We Can't Have Everything

Till I Come Back to You

1918Till I Come Back to You★ 5.7

Nan of Music Mountain

1917Nan of Music Mountain

A Romance of the Redwoods

1917A Romance of the Redwoods★ 6.4

The Woman God Forgot

1917The Woman God Forgot★ 5.7

The Little American

1917The Little American★ 6.3

The Devil Stone

1917The Devil Stone

Joan the Woman

1916Joan the Woman★ 5.6

The Heart of Nora Flynn

1916The Heart of Nora Flynn

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1916The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Maria Rosa

The Dream Girl

1916The Dream Girl

The Wild Goose Chase

1915The Wild Goose Chase

The Cheat

1915The Cheat★ 6.0

Carmen

1915Carmen★ 6.1

The Golden Chance

1915The Golden Chance★ 6.6

The Warrens of Virginia

1915The Warrens of Virginia

The Unafraid

1915The Unafraid

The Captive

1915The Captive★ 6.0

The Girl of the Golden West

1915The Girl of the Golden West★ 5.5

Temptation

Chimmie Fadden Out West

1915Chimmie Fadden Out West

Chimmie Fadden

1915Chimmie Fadden

The Arab

After Five

The Virginian

1914The Virginian★ 5.6

The Ghost Breaker

1914The Ghost Breaker

The Squaw Man

1914The Squaw Man★ 6.0

Brewster's Millions

1914Brewster's Millions★ 6.0

The Rose of the Rancho

1914The Rose of the Rancho★ 4.0

The Man From Home

1914The Man From Home★ 5.0

The Call of the North

1914The Call of the North★ 5.2

What's His Name

1914What's His Name

The Only Son

1914The Only Son★ 1.0

1914The Man on the Box

The Master Mind

1914The Master Mind

Acting(54)

2022The U.S. and the HolocaustSelf (archive footage)

2021Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden AgeSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2020Yul Brynner, the MagnificentSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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2020Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle IISelf

2020Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea MiracleSelf (archive footage)

2019Hail Satan?Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2016The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMilleSelf

2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage)

2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)

2003The Making of The Ten CommandmentsSelf

1995The Casting Couch

1988All-Time Movie GreatsSelf (archive footage)

1984Going Hollywood: The '30sSelf (archive footage)

1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982Showbiz BallyhooSelf (archive footage)

1976Hooray for HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)

1974Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage)

1958The BuccaneerPresenter of Prologue

1957The Buster Keaton StoryCecil B. DeMille

1956The Ten CommandmentsNarrator (uncredited)

1956CinépanoramaSelf

1952This Is Your LifeSelf

1952Son of PalefacePhotographer (uncredited)

1952The Greatest Show on EarthNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1952The Fallbrook StorySelf, Introduction

1950Sunset BoulevardCecil B. DeMille

1950What's My Line?Self

1949Samson and DelilahNarrator (uncredited)

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1947UnconqueredSelf - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947Variety GirlCecil B. DeMille

1947Jens Mons in AmericaSelf (uncredited)

1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf

1944The Story of Dr. WassellVoice of Narrator (uncredited)

1942Reap the Wild WindPrologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

1942Star Spangled RhythmCecil B. DeMille

1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self

1940North West Mounted PoliceNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939The Movies March OnSelf (archive footage)

1935Hollywood Extra GirlCecil B. DeMille

1934The Hollywood You Never SeeSelf

1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930Madam SatanRadio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1930EstrelladosSelf (Guest Appearance)

1930Free and EasyDirector Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)

1928The Circus: PremiereSelf

1927Life in Hollywood No. 1Self

1927Life in HollywoodSelf

1923HollywoodCecil B. DeMille

1922A Trip to ParamountownSelf

1921The Affairs of Anatol - Promo ReelAs himself

1914The Squaw ManFaro Dealer