Frank Borzage was an American actor and director. He is counted as one of the most successful directors during the early twentieth century. He started with silent movies and then made the transition to talkies with a great deal of success. During his career spanning 40 years he made more than 100 movies and was known as the best director during the 1920s and the 1930s. He was the first to win the Academy Award for ‘Best Director’ and won it again for a second time later. He came from a very poor family and during childhood he had to endure the death of six of his siblings from influenza. Though being very poor Frank’s family was extremely tight knit which reflected in his films as the importance of having a loving and strong family in spite of being extremely poor. He became interested in acting and theater while he was still a boy and worked in a silver mine to earn money for an acting course.