| First Name | Howard |
| Middle Name | Winchester |
| Last Name | Hawks |
| Full Name at Birth | Howard Winchester Hawks |
| Other Names | The Silver Fox |
| Age | 81 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | May 30, 1896 |
| Birthplace | Goshen, Indiana |
| Date of Death | December 26, 1977 |
| Location of Death | Palm Springs, California |
| Cause of Death | arteriosclerotic vascular disease with stroke |
| Height | 6' 1˝" (187 cm) |
| Build | Slim |
| Hair Color | Grey |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| Religion | Christian Science |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation Category | Director |
| Claim to Fame | Rio Bravo |
| Father | Frank Hawks |
| Mother | Helen Hawks |
| Brother(s) | William HawksKenneth Hawks |
| Friends | Samuel Goldwyn, Humphrey Bogart, Darryl Zanuck, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Charles Feldman, Victor Fleming, Harry Carey, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Lee Bowman, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Van Johnson, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Richard Greene, Reginald Gardiner, Nadia Gardiner, Clifton Webb, Louis Armstrong, Ernest Hemingway, John Huston, Charles Boyer, Preston Sturges, Billy Pierson, Billy Wilder, jimmy Stewart, John Ford, William Wyler, Allan Dwan, Lewis Milestone, William Powell, Benny Goodman, Clark Gable, Gregg Toland, Cary Grant, Jane Greer, Edward Lasker, William Faulkner, Robert Capa, Irwin Shaw, Anatole Litvak, Peter Viertel, Dusty Anderson, Jean Negulesco |
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896–December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Rio Bravo (1959), and El Dorado (1967).
Selected Howard Hawks film and TV show credits: