Editing Lewis Milestone (section)

{{short description|American film director (1895–1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lewis Milestone
| native_name = 
| image = Milestone1.jpg
| caption = Milestone during the filming of ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'', 1930
| birth_name = Leib Milstein
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|9|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kishinev]], [[Bessarabia Governorate]], Russian Empire
| citizenship = {{ubl|Russia (until 1919)|United States (from 1919)}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|9|25|1895|9|30}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| years_active = 1915–1964
| spouse = {{marriage|Kendall Lee |1935 |1978 |end=d.}}
}}

'''Lewis Milestone''' (born '''Leib Milstein''' (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн);<ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevespeeps&id=I13907 Leib Milstein at RootsWeb'sConnect Project]</ref> September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an American film director. Milestone directed ''[[Two Arabian Knights]]'' (1927) and ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930), both of which received the [[Academy Award for Best Director]]. He also directed ''[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]'' (1931), ''[[The General Died at Dawn]]'' (1936), ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'' (1939), ''[[Ocean's 11]]'' (1960), and received the directing credit for ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962), though [[Marlon Brando]] largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Camera - Mutiny on the Bounty ('62)|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/288489|access-date=June 27, 2020|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>