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George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. [1] He received two Academy Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1953. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for A Place in the Sun (1951), and Giant (1956).
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.
Aug 12, 2023 · George Stevens is considered one of the greatest directors of Hollywood's Golden Age, directing classics in various genres and receiving multiple Oscar nominations and wins. Some of Stevens's best movies, like Vivacious Lady, don't even make the list of his top 10 due to their slightly lower critical acclaim and lasting impact.
George Stevens worked directly under Gen. Eisenhower and his orders gave him FULL-ACCESS to all areas. This mission to document WWII on film changed George Stevens for the rest of his life. He saw the NAZI-DEATH CAMPS up close and witnessed the genocide in person. George Stevens started out working for Hal Roach making comedies, when he ...
George Stevens (born December 18, 1904, Oakland, California, U.S.—died March 8, 1975, Lancaster, California) was an American director known for films that exhibited intelligence, great humanism, and brilliant camera techniques.
George Stevens was an American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer best remembered for films like ‘The More the Merrier’, ‘A Place in the Sun’, ‘Shane’ (1953), ‘Giant’, and ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ (1959). For over forty years, he created some of the best Hollywood melodramas and screwball comedies.
Jul 13, 2005 · At first glance, George Stevens appears to be the quintessential Hollywood director. But a closer look at his achievements shows him to be much more than just the creator of some of the...
