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George Stevens
George Stevens created 11 movies in the Comedy, Romance, Music, Action, Adventure, War, Drama, Family, Western, Biography, History, Thriller, Documentary genres.
George Stevens got succeed with average imdb rating 7.5.
Grandfather of Michael Stevens
Confessor of director George Stevens Jr..
Son of actor Landers Stevens.
Interred at Forest Turf (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Morning Light section, Space 3, Plan #8034.
Son of actress Georgie Cooper.
Grandson of actress Georgia Woodthorpe.
Brother of cameraman Jack Stevens.
President of the Cloak Directors Guild. [1941-1943]
President of the Screen Directors Guild. [1946-1948]
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "Excellent Film Directors, Volume A specific, 1890-1945". Pages 1051-1057. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
... He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 1709 Vine St.
Same birthday as Casper Van Dien who played James Dean in a film with Robert Mitchum as George Stevens.
Is portrayed sooner than Craig Barnett in James Dean (2001) (TV), by Robert Mitchum in _James Dean: Rivalry with Destiny (1997)_ and close Eugene Roche in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Facts (1995) (TV)
Directed 16 exceptional actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Donation, Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur, Oskar Homolka, Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ellen Corby, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Mercedes McCambridge and Ed Wynn. Only Coburn and Winters won Oscars for their performances in one of Stevens' movies.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Vapour Fete in 1957
President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1958 to 1959
Govern of jury at the Berlin International Veil Celebration in 1970
Won the Oscar for Most superbly The man twice - for A Stick in the Sun (1951) and concerning Giantess (1956). Neither haze won Best Representation, and both starred Elizabeth Taylor.
As a cinematographer at Hal Roach Studios, he is credited with saving the film career of young British comic Stan Laurel. Laurel's pale blue eyes would register as an unnatural white on orthochromatic film over, the customary fade away in power at that time. Stevens knew of panchromatic film and was competent to pay someone back a supply of it from Chicago. This dusting was acute to blue so that Laurel's eyes would photograph more straightforwardly. Laurel would exhaust Stevens fitting for his short films at Roach. When Stan Laurel was teamed up with Oliver Tough, the team make Stevens their cameraman of voice.
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