American filmmaker (1893-1953).
Born April 4th, 1893 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1953 at 60 years old in Pacific Palisades (carbon monoxide poisoning). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel