Director

Jack Cunningham

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 78

TMDB ID: 99379

IMDb ID: nm0192325

Known for: Writing

Born: April 1, 1882

Died: October 4, 1941

Age: 59

Place of birth: Ionia, Iowa

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1917 - 1939

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.31

Wikidata: Q3157157

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Writer (27)Screenplay (17)Scenario Writer (13)Adaptation (12)Story (8)Producer (1)

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Biography

Date of Death 4 October1941, Santa Monica, California (cerebral hemorrhage) One the more prolific and fast working screenwriters in Hollywood. He once completed ten five-reel films in ten-weeks. Between 1918 and 1925 he turned out one hundred full-length films. Had been the editor of The Pittsburgh Leader and The New York Evening Sun. Was working for the publicity department of an Eastern US film company when he decided to try his hand at scenario writing. His father, Maurice Frederick Cunningham (c.1861-1937), was a building contractor who had built many of the Hollywood studios constructed in the early 1920s. Never recovered from a stroke he suffered while working on the film Union Pacific (1939).

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