Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd1886–1960

Known for Directing

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Personal info

Known for
Directing
Born
2/2/1886
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
8/10/1960 (aged 74)
Gender
Male
Also known as
Frank William George Lloyd

Biography

Frank Lloyd was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. Lloyd was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and its president from 1934 to 1935. Frank Lloyd was Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. He was nominated and won again in 1933 for his adaptation of Noel Coward's Cavalcade and received a further Best Director nomination in 1935 for perhaps his most successful film, Mutiny on the Bounty.

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