The Resume

(May 10, 1890-August 17, 1987)
Born in Clinton, Massachusetts
Directed 'National Velvet' (1944) and 'The Yearling' (1946)
Five-time Oscar nominee

Why he might be annoying:

He was married four times.
He was nominated five times for the Best Director Oscar and lost them all.
He was friends with Erich Von Stroheim.
When asked what a movie star is, he replied: 'to hell with it, let's leave the dishes in the sink and go see Joan Crawford in a movie.'
He never watched newer movies because he might've unretired.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a used car salesman, before his film career.
He earned two degrees in engineering from the University of Tennessee.
A theater at his alma mater was named in his honor.
He served in World War I.
Greta Garbo referred to him as her favorite director.

Credit: Birdienest81

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Birdienest81's Profiles [Series 03]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Marie Antoinette' [1938]
• I Attended University of Tennessee
• I Died in 1987 (Ranked: 97)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[A-B]
• I Lived in Santa Monica
• I Retired, Just Kidding
• Profiles 25751-26000 (Ranked: 25822)
• Served in World War I
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19870817)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying