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January 13, 1880
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June 21, 1958
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HERBERT BRENON
January 13, 1880 (Dublin, Ireland, Great Britain) - June 21, 1958 (Los Angeles, California, USA).
Prominent silent film director of Irish descent.
Educated at King's College London.
He began as a stagehand in New York.
By 1909 he was running a small movie theater in Pennsylvania.
Two years later he was hired by Carl Lemmle as a screenwriter, and the following year he made his first short film.
In 1915 he signed a contract with William Fox. Since 1923, he collaborated with Paramount.
In 1934, he returned to Britain. In 1940, he retired.
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Oscar nomination:
1929 - Best Director of a Drama ("Sorrel and Son")
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