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George Stevens (I) (1904–1975)

Cinematographer | Director | Writer

George Stevens, a filmmaker known as a meticulous craftsman with a brilliant eye for composition and a sensitive touch with actors, is one of the great American filmmakers, ranking with John Ford, William Wyler and Howard Hawks as a creator of classic Hollywood cinema, bringing to the screen mytho-poetic worlds that were also mass entertainment... See full bio »

Born:

George Cooper Stevens
in Oakland, California, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Lancaster, California, USA
George Stevens with son George Stevens Jr. at Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank, California Directors Group Party at host George Cukor's Home, George Stevens, John Ford, Billy Wilder George Stevens with son George Stevens Jr. at Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank, California Directors Group, Nov. 1972. George Cukor Hosts a party for Luis Bunuel. Back Row from left: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silverman. Front Row from left: Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulin. Elizabeth Taylor and George Stevens on the set of George Stevens with son George Stevens Jr. at Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank, California
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Hide HideCinematographer (69 titles)
1999 D-Day: The Color Footage (documentary)
 
1994 George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (TV documentary) (16mm segments)
 
1946 George Stevens World War II Footage (documentary)
 
1933 Flirting in the Park (short)
 
1931 The Panic Is On (short)
 
1931 Spuk um Mitternacht (uncredited)
 
1931 Glückliche Kindheit (short)
 
1930 Bigger and Better (short)
 
1930 Noche de duendes
 
1930 Doctor's Orders (short)
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short) (photographed by)
 
1930 Below Zero (short) (photographed by)
 
1930 La vida nocturna (short)
 
1930 Brats (short) (photographed by)
 
1930 Blotto (short) (photographed by)
 
1930 The Real McCoy (short)
 
1930 The Head Guy (short)
 
1930 Night Owls (short) (photographed by)
 
1930 Ladrones (short)
 
1930 Radiomanía (short)
 
1930 Tiembla y Titubea (short)
 
1929 Angora Love (short)
 
1929 The Hoose-Gow (short)
 
1929 Bacon Grabbers (short)
 
1929 They Go Boom! (short)
 
1929 Men O'War (short) (photographed by)
 
1929 Double Whoopee (short) (photographed by / as George Stephens)
 
1929/I Hurdy Gurdy (short)
 
1929 Unaccustomed As We Are (short)
 
1929 Big Business (short)
 
1929 That's My Wife (short)
 
1929 Wrong Again (short)
 
1929 Liberty (short) (photographed by)
 
1928 We Faw Down (short)
 
1928 Feed 'em and Weep (short)
 
1928 Two Tars (short)
 
1928 All Parts (short)
 
1928 Do Gentlemen Snore? (short)
 
1928 Early to Bed (short)
 
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? (short)
 
1928 Should Women Drive? (short)
 
1928 Their Purple Moment (short)
 
1928 Tell It to the Judge (short)
 
1928 Blow by Blow (short)
 
1928 Came the Dawn (short)
 
1928 The Finishing Touch (short)
 
1928 Dumb Daddies (short)
 
1928 Leave 'Em Laughing (short)
 
1928 Should Tall Men Marry? (short)
 
1928 Pass the Gravy (short)
 
1927 The Battle of the Century (short)
 
1927 Putting Pants on Philip (short)
 
1927 Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (short)
 
1927 The Second 100 Years (short)
 
1927 The Girl from Gay Paree
 
1927 Sugar Daddies (short)
 
1927 Lightning
 
1927 No Man's Law
 
1927 The Honorable Mr. Buggs (short)
 
1927 Slipping Wives (short)
 
1927 The Valley of Hell
 
1926 The Desert's Toll
 
1926 The Devil Horse
 
1925 No Man's Law
 
1925 Black Cyclone
 
1925 Looking for Sally (short)
 
1924 The White Sheep
 
1924 Battling Orioles
 
1923 Roughest Africa (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (57 titles)
1999 D-Day: The Color Footage (documentary) (original material)
 
1970 The Only Game in Town
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
 
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank
 
1956 Giant
 
1953 Shane
 
1952 Something to Live For
 
1951 A Place in the Sun
 
1948 I Remember Mama
 
1948 On Our Merry Way (uncredited)
 
1946 George Stevens World War II Footage (documentary)
 
1945 The Nazi Plan (documentary)
 
1945 Nazi Concentration Camps (documentary)
 
1945 That Justice Be Done (documentary short)
 
1943 The More the Merrier
 
1942 The Talk of the Town
 
1942 Woman of the Year
 
1941 Penny Serenade
 
1940 Vigil in the Night
 
1939 Gunga Din
 
1938 Vivacious Lady
 
1937 A Damsel in Distress
 
1937 Quality Street
 
1936 Swing Time
 
1935 Annie Oakley
 
1935 Alice Adams
 
1935 The Nitwits
 
1935 Laddie
 
1935 Hunger Pains (short)
 
1934 Kentucky Kernels
 
1934 Bachelor Bait
 
1934 Hollywood Party (comic segments - uncredited)
 
1934 Cracked Shots (short)
 
1934 The Undie-World (short)
 
1934 Bridal Bail (short)
 
1934 Ocean Swells
 
1934 Strictly Fresh Yeggs (short)
 
1933 Grin and Bear It (short)
 
1933 What Fur (short)
 
1933 Flirting in the Park (short)
 
1933 Quiet Please! (short)
 
1933 Room Mates (short)
 
1933 The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
 
1933 Should Crooners Marry (short)
 
1933 Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (short)
 
1933 Family Troubles (short)
 
1933 A Divorce Courtship
 
1932 Boys Will Be Boys (short)
 
1932 The Finishing Touch (short)
 
1932 Who, Me? (short)
 
1931 The Kick-Off! (short)
 
1931 Mama Loves Papa (short)
 
1931 Call a Cop! (short)
 
1931 Air-Tight (short)
 
1931 High Gear (short)
 
1931 Blood and Thunder (short)
 
1930 Ladies Last (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (16 titles)
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (screenplay)
 
1935 The Nitwits (uncredited)
 
1933 Grin and Bear It (short) (story)
 
1933 What Fur (short) (story)
 
1933 Flirting in the Park (short) (writer)
 
1933 Quiet Please! (short) (story)
 
1933 Pick Me Up (short) (writer)
 
1933 Alias the Professor (short) (writer)
 
1933 The Trail of Vince Barnett (short) (writer)
 
1933 Hunting Trouble (short) (writer)
 
1933 Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (short) (writer)
 
1933 Family Troubles (short) (writer)
 
1932 Hesitating Love (short)
 
1932 The Finishing Touch (short)
 
1932 Yoo-Hoo (short)
 
1930 Doctor's Orders (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (13 titles)
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (producer)
 
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank (producer)
 
1956 Giant (producer)
 
1953 Shane (producer)
 
1952 Something to Live For (producer)
 
1951 A Place in the Sun (producer)
 
1948 I Remember Mama (executive producer)
 
1943 The More the Merrier (producer)
 
1942 The Talk of the Town (producer)
 
1941 Penny Serenade (producer)
 
1940 Vigil in the Night (producer)
 
1939 Gunga Din (producer)
 
1938 Vivacious Lady (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Intermission Guest
– The Undesirable (1957) … Intermission Guest
 
1953 Shane
Knock Him Into That Pigpen, Chris! (voice) (uncredited)
 
1920 Whispers
 
1915 The Tigress (short)
Tim Rooney - Harrigan's Assistant
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
1968 Dick und Doof, die Unzertrennlichen (cinematographer: archive footage)
 
1927 Wings (additional photographer - uncredited)
 
1926 The Devil Horse (camera operator: second unit)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1999 Liberation Day: Dachau (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Director
 
1965 The Filmmaker (documentary short)
Himself
 
1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.9 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.11 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 30 September 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself (guest)
– Mildred Pierce (1956) … Himself (guest)
 
1955 Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1955 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1946 George Stevens World War II Footage (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2005 James Dean: Forever Young (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Return to 'Giant' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)
 
2001 He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 D-Day: The Color Footage (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Memories of 'Giant' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

George Stephens

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on 'CinemaScope'] "It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man." See more »

Trivia:

President of the Screen Directors Guild. [1941-1943] See more »

Nickname:

The Super Chief given to him by Warren Beatty See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius