(1896 – 1977) Director, producer, script writer and storyteller. Beginning with silent films, Hawks developed a lengthy varied and successful career marked by strong vision and relationships that complicate our expectations of many genres. An understated auteur, Hawk’s movies are often milestones in retrospect, as recognized in a 1974 cumulative achievement Oscar. His works often develop American values of camaraderie, patriotism and male heroism as well as complicated male/female relationships (and their sexual overtones), showcasing Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn (Bringing up Baby, 1938), Humphrey Bogart (To Have and To Have Not, 1944), Marilyn Monroe (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953) and John Wayne (Rio Bravo, 1959). Hawks showed facility across genres—gangster films, comedy melodrama, westerns and even science fiction (The Thing, 1951)—creating an enduring and beloved cinematic legacy.