Frank Lloyd

Scottish-born American film director, born in 1886. A prolific and commercially successful director of the silent and early sound era, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divine Lady (1929) and Cavalcade (1933). His silent epics include The Sea Hawk (1924) and The Last Command (1928). He was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He died in 1960.