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Winfield R. Sheehan

Winfield R. Sheehan was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and was nominated three more times. Most famously, he nurtured the budding stardom of then-child star Shirley Temple.

Known for

Production

Birthday

September 23, 1883

Deathday

July 25, 1945

Gender

Male

Known Movie Credits

15

Place of birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Also known as

Winfield Sheehan