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American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975)

George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. 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). He was also Oscar nominated for The Talk of the Town, The More the Merrier (1943), Shane (1953), and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). Among his most notable films are Swing Time (1936), Gunga Din (1939), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).

Stevens was born on December 18, 1904, in Oakland, California, the son of Landers Stevens and Georgie Cooper, both stage actors. Drama critic Ashton Stevens and film director James W. Horne were his uncles. He also had two brothers, Jack, a cinematographer, and writer Aston Stevens. He learned about the stage by watching his parents, and himself acted in plays in San Francisco. At the age of 10, his mother gave him a Brownie camera, and he began photographing the city and portraits of his mother. In the early 1930s, Stevens began to disagree with Roach's studio, wanting to flesh out characters rather than just make slapstick comedy. This led to a suspension and his departure from the studio. He directed the romantic comedy The More the Merrier starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn for which he received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination losing to Michael Curtiz for Casablanca. After seeing the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1935), he was provoked to join the Allied forces in World War II. His unit shot footage—including the only color film of the war in Europe (which remained archived for decades)—documenting the Normandy landings (D Day), this was released as the hour long Nazi Concentration Camps (1945). In 2008, Stevens's footage was entered into the U. S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as an "essential visual record" of the war. In 1946, Stevens resumed his duties as president of the SDG, remaining so until 1948. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.

During his time filming wild horses with Hal Roach Studios in Utah, Stevens bonded with the Comanche. Stevens was the father of television and film writer producer director George Stevens, Jr., the founder of the American Film Institute (AFI).

YearTitleProduction Co. Notes1932 Who, Me? Universal Short film1932 The Finishing Touch Universal Short film1932 Boys Will Be Boys Universal Short film1933 Family Troubles Universal Short film1933 Rock a Bye Cowboy Universal Short film1933 Should Crooners Marry Universal Short film1933 Room Mates Universal Short film1933 Quiet Please! RKO Short film1933 What Fur RKO Short film1933 Walking Back Home RKO Short film1933 Grin and Bear It RKO Short film1933 A Divorce Courtship Universal Short film1934 Strictly Fresh Yeggs RKO Short film1934 Cracked Shots RKO Short film

YearTitleProduction Co. Notes1930 Ladies Last Hal Roach Studios 3rd episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 Blood and Thunder Hal Roach Studios 4th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 High Gear Hal Roach Studios 5th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 Air Tight Hal Roach Studios 7th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 Call a Cop! Hal Roach Studios 8th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 Mama Loves Papa Hal Roach Studios 9th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1931 The Kick Off! Hal Roach Studios 10th episode from the "Boy Friends" series1933 The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble Universal Part of "The Cohens and Kellys" comedy series1933 Flirting in the Park RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1934 Bridal Bail RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1934 The Undie World RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1934 Rough Necking RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1934 Ocean Swells RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1935 Hunger Pains RKO Part of "The Blonde and The Redhead" comedy series1934 Bachelor Bait RKO 1934 Kentucky Kernels RKO 1934 Hollywood Party MGMWas among 8 directors supervising sequences for the film1935 Laddie RKO 1935 The Nitwits RKO 1935 Alice Adams RKO 1935 Annie Oakley RKO 1936 Swing Time RKO 1937 Quality Street RKO 1937 A Damsel in Distress RKO 1938 Vivacious Lady RKO 1939 Gunga Din RKO 1940 Vigil in the Night RKO 1941 Penny Serenade Columbia 1942 Woman of the Year MGM1942 The Talk of the Town Columbia 1943 The More the Merrier Columbia 1945 That Justice Be Done War Activities Committee Documentary / Short film1945 Nazi Concentration Camps Documentary1948 On Our Merry Way Miracle Productions Anthology film / Co directed a sequence1948 I Remember Mama RKO 1951 A Place in the Sun Paramount 1952 Something to Live For Paramount 1953 Shane Paramount Technicolor film1956 Giant Warner Bros. Warnercolor film1959 The Diary of Anne Frank 20th Century Fox 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldGeorge Stevens Prod. Ultra Panavision 70 Technicolor film1970 The Only Game in Town 20th Century Fox Color film