Douglas Sirk

★ Directing #1,223

1897 - 1987 (age 89) • Directing

Born: 4/26/1897 in Hamburg, Germany

Died: 1/14/1987 (age 89)

Known for: Directing

Douglas Sirk

★ Directing #1,223

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.

Known For

All That Heaven Allows

73%

Director

1955

Imitation of Life

74%

Director

1959

Written on the Wind

70%

Director

1956

Magnificent Obsession

68%

Director

1954

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

72%

Director

1958

The Tarnished Angels

68%

Director

1957

Lured

63%

Director

1947

There's Always Tomorrow

72%

Director

1956

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

57%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

80%

Self (archive footage)

2022

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

58%

Self (archive footage)

2010

Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'

Self (archive footage)

2009

Acting for Douglas Sirk

Self (archive footage)

2008

Days with Sirk

55%

Self

2008

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

80%

Self (archive footage)

2006

From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers

57%

Self (archive footage)

1991

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

Self

1987

Imitation of Life

90%

Self

1983

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

100%

Self

1980

Bavarian Film Awards

Self

1979

Bourbon Street Blues

61%

Director

1979

Bourbon Street Blues

61%

Writer

1979

Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk

Self - Interviewee

1979

New Year's Eve

85%

Screenplay

1978

New Year's Eve

85%

Director

1978

Talk to Me Like the Rain

55%

Director

1976

Spécial cinéma

95%

Self

1974

Imitation of Life

74%

Director

1959

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

72%

Director

1958

The Tarnished Angels

68%

Director

1957

Interlude

63%

Director

1957

Battle Hymn

67%

Director

1957

Written on the Wind

70%

Director

1956

Never Say Goodbye

64%

Co-Director

1956

There's Always Tomorrow

72%

Director

1956

All That Heaven Allows

73%

Director

1955