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Years active
  
1929-1967

Name
  
Sherry Shourds


Role
  
Director

Movies
  
The Big Punch

Full Name
  
Walter Sherborne Shourds, Jr.

Born
  
March 15, 1906 (
1906-03-15
)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Occupation
  
assistant director, directorer and production manager

Died
  
February 13, 1991, Burbank, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

Similar People
  
Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle, William Shakespeare, Eddie Dunn, Lois Maxwell

Walter Sherborne "Sherry" Shourds, Jr. (March 15, 1906 – February 13, 1991) was an American assistant director, director and production manager who was a write-in nomination during the 8th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was also the 2nd and last year the Academy Awards allowed write-in votes. He also helped on the television show Bonanza

Selected filmography

  • The Iron Mask (1929)
  • Captain Blood (1935)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
  • Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  • Four Daughters (1938)
  • All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
  • The Letter (1940)
  • The Sea Wolf (1941)
  • Kings Row (1942)
  • The Big Punch (1948) (director)
  • I Confess (1953) (production manager)
  • References

    Sherry Shourds Wikipedia