Howard Hawks
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A versatile film director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films, and westerns. His most popular films include ''Scarface'' (1932), ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938), ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939), ''His Girl Friday'' (1940), ''To Have and Have Not'' (1944), ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''Red River'' (1948), ''The Thing from Another World'' (1951), ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953), and ''Rio Bravo'' (1959). His frequent portrayals of strong, tough-talking female characters came to define the "Hawksian woman".
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