Biography
Winfield R. Sheehan (24 September 1883 – 25 July 1945) was an American film producer and studio executive. A native of Buffalo, New York, he joined the Fox Film Corporation in 1914 and rose to become its chief of production from 1926 to 1935.
Sheehan oversaw much of the studio’s output during the transition to sound films. He produced In Old Arizona (1928), The Big Trail (1930), Bad Girl (1931) and Cavalcade (1933), the last of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. After the 1935 merger that formed 20th Century-Fox, he worked as an independent producer until his death.
