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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.
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.
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 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.
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 smartest...
George Stevens was an American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey: Directed by George Stevens Jr.. With Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman, Frank Capra. Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII.
Director George Stevens influenced generations of filmmakers with such Academy Award-winning classics as “A Place in the Sun” and “Giant.” Now AMERICAN MASTERS presents the...
Beginning his career as an assistant cameraman and gag writer for low-budget westerns and Laurel & Hardy comedy shorts in the 1920s and early 1930s, George Stevens eventually progressed through the ranks to become one of classic Hollywood's most reliable producer-directors, earning five Academy Award nominations as Best Director and winning the ...
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey. 110 minutes ‧ 1984. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1984. 3 min read. The last shot of "Citizen Kane" showed the dead tycoon's storerooms, vast spaces filled with the jumble of a lifetime. One of the early shots in this documentary about George Stevens has something of the same quality.