Norman Taurog
American film director (1899-1981) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 82
Norman Rae Taurog was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half decades.
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Live a Little, Love a LittleFilm, Director1966
SpinoutFilm, Director1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!Film, Director1960
G.I. BluesFilm, Director1957
The Fuzzy Pink NightgownFilm, Director1955
You're Never Too YoungFilm, Director1952
Jumping JacksFilm, Director1950
The Toast of New OrleansFilm, Director1947
The Beginning or the EndFilm, Director1941
Men of Boys TownFilm, Director1938
Boys TownFilm, Director1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936Film, Director1931Academy Award for Best DirectorAward
SkippyFilm, 1931Director1899Born23 February 1899People around Norman
Elvis Presley Norman directed G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii
Judy Garland Norman directed Ziegfeld Follies and Girl Crazy
Jerry Lewis Norman directed Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Dean Martin Norman directed You're Never Too Young (1955)
Fred Clark Norman directed Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Hank Mann Norman directed The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Bess Flowers Norman directed G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii
Franklyn Farnum Norman directed You're Never Too Young (1955)
Irving Bacon Norman directed Girl Crazy (1943)- Red West Norman directed Blue Hawaii (1962)
Mary Treen Norman directed Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Edward Earle Norman directed Words and Music (1948)
Edward LeSaint Norman directed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Mickey Rooney Norman directed Boys Town and Girl Crazy
Kathryn Grayson Norman directed Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Una Merkel Norman directed Spinout (1966)
Gail Patrick Norman directed If I Had a Million (1932)
Jack Mulhall Norman directed Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Gale Gordon Norman directed Speedway (1968)
Joe Pasternak Produced Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Clinton Sundberg Norman directed The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Emory Parnell Norman directed You're Never Too Young (1955)
Jean Del Val Norman directed Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Don Brodie Norman directed It Happened at the World's Fair (1964)
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Boys Town 1938
Pardners 1956
You're Never Too Young 1955
Room for One More 1952
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938
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He was later nominated for Best Director for the film Boys Town (1938). He directed some of the best-known actors of the twentieth century, including his nephew Jackie Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley and Vincent Price. Taurog directed six Martin and Lewis films, and nine Elvis Presley films, more than any other director.
