George Stevens
American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904-1975) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 70
George Cooper Stevens was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956).
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1975Died8 March 19751965
The Greatest Story Ever ToldFilm, Director, Writer1957Academy Award for Best DirectorAward1956
GiantFilm, Director, Producer1954Irving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAward1952Academy Award for Best DirectorAward
Something to Live ForFilm, 1952Director, Producer1950
What's My Line?Series1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
I Remember MamaFilm, 1948Director, Producer1943
The More the MerrierFilm, Director, Producer1941
Penny SerenadeFilm, Director, Producer1939
Gunga DinFilm, Director, Producer1937
A Damsel in DistressFilm, Director1935
Alice AdamsFilm, Director1933Flirting in the ParkFilm, Director, Writer1930
Ladies LastFilm, Director1904Born18 December 1904
The Greatest Story Ever ToldFilm, Director, Writer1957Academy Award for Best DirectorAward1956GiantFilm, Director, Producer1954Irving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAward1952Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardSomething to Live ForFilm, 1952Director, Producer1950What's My Line?Series1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesI Remember MamaFilm, 1948Director, Producer1943The More the MerrierFilm, Director, Producer1941Penny SerenadeFilm, Director, Producer1939Gunga DinFilm, Director, Producer1937A Damsel in DistressFilm, Director1935Alice AdamsFilm, Director1933Flirting in the ParkFilm, Director, Writer1930Ladies LastFilm, Director1904Born18 December 1904Known for
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Nazi Concentration Camps 1945
Giant 1956
The Talk of the Town 1942
Shane 1953
A Place in the Sun 1951
People around George
Joan Fontaine George directed Quality Street (1937)
Bess Flowers George directed A Place in the Sun (1952)
Grady Sutton George directed Alice Adams and Bachelor Bait
Douglas Spencer George produced Shane (1953)
Elizabeth Taylor George directed A Place in the Sun (1952)
Katharine Hepburn George directed Woman of the Year (1942)
Cary Grant George produced Gunga Din and Penny Serenade
Shelley Winters George directed A Place in the Sun (1952)
Jean Arthur George directed Shane and The More the Merrier
Edgar Buchanan George produced Shane and The Talk of the Town
Willie Best George directed Vivacious Lady (1938)
Edith Evanson George directed Shane and Woman of the Year
Clarence Wilson George directed Hollywood Party (1934)
Fred Guiol Also in Flirting in the Park (1933)
Gertrude Messinger Also in Air-Tight, Call a Cop! and High Gear
Fred Astaire George directed Swing Time (1936)
Stan Laurel George directed Hollywood Party (1934)
Fay Bainter George directed Woman of the Year (1942)
Van Heflin George directed Shane (1953)
Ed Wynn George directed The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Kasey Rogers George directed A Place in the Sun (1952)
Rolfe Sedan George directed Something to Live For (1952)
Eric Blore George directed Swing Time and Quality Street
Robert Coote George directed Gunga Din and Vigil in the Night
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time
A lobby card for Vivacious Lady with James Stewart and Ginger Rogers
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Woman of the Year
Stevens with Barbara Bel Geddes on set of I Remember Mama (1948)
Left to right: George Stevens Jr., his father, George Stevens, and composer Dimitri Tiomkin at the premiere of Giant, October 11, 1956
Stevens with his Oscar for directing Giant, 1957Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1975 · aged 70
