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Norman Taurog

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Norman Taurog · Arts & Literature

What

Won the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy at thirty-two, and directed Boys Town and more than 180 films

When

23 February 1899, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 7 April 1981, Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Norman Taurog is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Won the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy at thirty-two, and directed Boys Town and more than 180 films

How & why

Norman Taurog was born in Chicago to Jewish parents, Arthur Jack Taurog and Anita Goldsmith. He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1931 for Skippy and held the record as the youngest winner for more than half a century. He directed Boys Town with Spencer Tracy, several Martin and Lewis comedies and nine Elvis Presley films — more than 180 pictures in all.

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Won the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy at thirty-two, and directed Boys Town and more than 180 films

1931

Source: Wikipedia — Norman Taurog