Stanley Kramer
American film director and producer (1913-2001) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 87
Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" and a liberal movie icon. As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided.
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Anthony Quinn: An OriginalFilm1987
Grace Kelly: The American PrincessFilm1979
The Runner StumblesFilm, Director, Producer1975
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William CalleyFilm, Director, Producer1971Film '72Series
Bless the Beasts & ChildrenFilm, 1971Director, Producer1970Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAward1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerFilm, Director, Producer1963
A Child Is WaitingFilm, Producer1962Golden Globe Award for Best DirectorAwardIrving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAward
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries, 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries, 19621961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
Here's HollywoodSeries
Inherit the WindFilm, 1960Director, Producer1958
The Defiant OnesFilm, Director, Producer1955
Not as a StrangerFilm, Director, Producer1953
The OscarsSeries
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Film, 1953Producer1952
This Is Your LifeSeries1951
Death of a SalesmanFilm, Producer1950
What's My Line?Series1949
ChampionFilm, Producer1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1942
The Moon and SixpenceFilm, Producer1913Born29 September 1913People around Stanley
Lee Marvin Stanley produced The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Harry Morgan Stanley produced High Noon and Not as a Stranger
Virginia Christine Stanley produced High Noon (1952)
Arthur Franz Stanley produced The Caine Mutiny and The Sniper
Jesse White Stanley directed It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Spencer Tracy Stanley directed Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Jerry Paris Stanley produced The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Ray Teal Stanley directed Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Sidney Poitier Stanley produced The Defiant Ones (1958)
José Ferrer Stanley produced The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Lon Chaney Jr. Stanley produced High Noon and The Defiant Ones
Claude Akins Stanley directed The Defiant Ones (1958)
Charles Lane Stanley produced The Sniper and The Juggler
Carl Foreman Also in So This Is New York and Champion
Paul Stewart Stanley produced Champion and A Child Is Waiting
Alf Kjellin Stanley produced The Juggler and My Six Convicts
Whit Bissell Stanley directed The Defiant Ones (1958)
Harry Shannon Stanley produced High Noon and Champion
King Donovan Stanley directed It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jay Novello Stanley directed The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Charles Sullivan Stanley produced Lady for a Day (1933)
Marlon Brando Stanley produced The Wild One and The Men
Frank Sinatra Stanley directed The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Anthony Quinn Stanley directed The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
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Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
High Noon 1952
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
Inherit the Wind 1960
The Defiant Ones 1958
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Filmography 40
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Television 10
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Among the subjects covered in his films were racism, nuclear war, greed, creationism vs. evolution, and the causes and effects of fascism. His other films included High Noon, The Caine Mutiny, and Ship of Fools (1965).
