Douglas Sirk

Biography

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.

Directed

1. All That Heaven Allows (1955) — Director
2. Imitation of Life (1959) — Director
3. Written on the Wind (1956) — Director
4. Magnificent Obsession (1954) — Director
5. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) — Director
6. The Tarnished Angels (1957) — Director
7. Lured (1947) — Director
8. There's Always Tomorrow (1956) — Director
9. Sleep, My Love (1948) — Director
10. All I Desire (1953) — Director
11. Shockproof (1949) — Director
12. Thunder on the Hill (1951) — Director
13. A Scandal in Paris (1946) — Director
14. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) — Director
15. Battle Hymn (1957) — Director
16. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) — Director
17. Captain Lightfoot (1955) — Director
18. La Habanera (1937) — Director
19. Summer Storm (1944) — Director
20. Hitler's Madman (1943) — Director
21. To New Shores (1937) — Director
22. No Room for the Groom (1952) — Director
23. The Final Chord (1936) — Director
24. Bourbon Street Blues (1979) — Director
25. Sign of the Pagan (1954) — Director
26. The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935) — Director
27. Interlude (1957) — Director
28. Slightly French (1949) — Director
29. The Court Concert (1936) — Director
30. Week-End with Father (1951) — Director
31. The First Legion (1951) — Director
32. Boefje (1939) — Director
33. Take Me to Town (1953) — Director
34. April, April! (1935) — Director
35. Three Times Before (1934) — Director
36. The Lady Pays Off (1951) — Director
37. Pillars of Society (1935) — Director
38. Two Greyhounds (1934) — Director
39. The Imaginary Invalid (1935) — Director
40. Mystery Submarine (1950) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) — Self (archive footage)
2. Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010) — Self (archive footage)
3. From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers (1991) — Self (archive footage)
4. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
5. Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) — Self
6. Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair (2022) — Self (archive footage)
7. Days with Sirk (2008) — Self
8. Imitation of Life (1983) — Self
9. German Film Award (1951) — Self
10. Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2006) — Self (archive footage)
11. Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' (2009) — Self (archive footage)
12. Acting for Douglas Sirk (2008) — Self (archive footage)
13. Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (1987) — Self
14. Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979) — Self - Interviewee
15. Bavarian Film Awards (1979) — Self