Winfield R. Sheehan

September 23, 1883 – July 25, 1945

Buffalo, New York, USA

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.