Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse (1927–1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker who became one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century jazz dance and one of the very few directors equally honoured in theatre and film. Born in Chicago to a vaudevillian father, he was on the professional stage before high school and broke through on Broadway by choreographing The Pajama Game (1954), winning the first of nine Tony Awards. As a film director he made his debut with Sweet Charity (1969), won the Academy Award for Best Director for Cabaret (1972), and was Oscar-nominated for Lenny (1974) and the semi-autobiographical All That Jazz (1979), which took the Palme d'Or. In 1973 he became the only person ever to win the Tony, Oscar, and Primetime Emmy in the same year. His distinctive style — turned-in knees, jazz hands, the sideways shuffle — remains instantly recognisable.