Cleopatra (1934) was his first film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Sign of the Cross (1932) is said to be the first sound film to integrate all aspects of cinematic technique. His first biblical epic, The Ten Commandments (1923), was both a critical and commercial success it held the Paramount revenue record for twenty-five years.ĭeMille directed The King of Kings (1927), a biography of Jesus, which gained approval for its sensitivity and reached more than 800 million viewers. The continued success of his productions led to the founding of Paramount Pictures with Lasky and Adolph Zukor. Its interracial love story made it commercially successful and it first publicized Hollywood as the home of the U.S. DeMille's first film, The Squaw Man (1914), was also the first full-length feature film shot in Hollywood. He later moved to writing and directing stage productions, some with Jesse Lasky, who was then a vaudeville producer. He began his career as a stage actor in 1900. ĭeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and grew up in New York City.
He was an active Freemason and member of Prince of Orange Lodge #16 in New York City. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship.
He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. Between 19, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. 4, including Katherine DeMille (adopted) and Richard de Mille (adopted)Ĭecil Blount DeMille ( / ˈ s ɛ s əl d ə ˈ m ɪ l/ August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor.
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