George Stevens

1904-1975

Biography: life and films

George Stevens was an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was born in Oakland, California, USA on 18th December 1904 and died in Lancaster, California, USA on 8th March 1975, aged 70.

His best films as an actor include Wilfrid North's comedy Hubby's Toothache (1913), Ralph Ince's The Treasure of Desert Isle (1913), Laurence Trimble's Up and Down the Ladder (1913), Van Dyke Brooke's Tried for His Own Murder (1916) and Oscar Apfel's The Trail of the Law (1924), and whose best work as a film director include Swing Time (1936), Gunga Din (1939), A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

George Stevens appeared in 41 films, directed 33 films (including 1 short), was cinematographer on 20 films and scripted 5 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: George D. Baker (6 films), Fred Jackman (4), Ralph Ince (3), John S. Robertson (3), Clyde Bruckman (3), Wilfrid North (2), Theodore Marston (2), Tefft Johnson (2), Laurence Trimble (2), James Parrott (2), Herbert Blaché (2), Fred Guiol (2) and Clifford Smith (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (43 films), drama (32), romance (11), comedy-romance (9), Western (9), comedy-drama (4), Documentary (4), Horror (3), Biography (3), history (2), War (2) and Thriller (2).

Our average rating for George Stevens over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer

A Million Bid (1914) [a]

The Fates and Flora Fourflush (1914) [a]

The Win(k)some Widow (1914) [a]

Mother's Roses (1915) [a]

The Battle Cry of Peace (1915) [a]

The Dust of Egypt (1915) [a]

My Lady's Slipper (1916) [a]

The Upheaval (1916) [a]

The Writing on the Wall (1916) [a]

The Easiest Way (1917) [a]

The Silent Woman (1918) [a]

Come Out of the Kitchen (1919) [a]

Her Code of Honor (1919) [a]

Let's Elope (1919) [a]

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) [a]

Love Without Question (1920) [a]

The New York Idea (1920) [a]

Oh Mary Be Careful (1921) [a]

Java Head (1923) [a]

Battling Orioles (1924) [c]

The Trail of the Law (1924) [a]

The White Sheep (1924) [c]

Black Cyclone (1925) [c]

The Desert's Toll (1926) [c]

The Devil Horse (1926) [c]

Lightning (1927) [c]

No Man's Law (1927) [c]

Sugar Daddies (1927) [c]

The Battle of the Century (1927) [c]

The Girl from Gay Paree (1927) [c]

The Valley of Hell (1927) [c]

Early to Bed (1928) [c]

The Finishing Touch (1928) [c]

That's My Wife (1929) [c]

Blotto (1930) [c]

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) [c]

A Divorce Courtship (1933) [d,w]

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933) [d]

Bachelor Bait (1934) [d]

Hollywood Party (1934) [d]

Kentucky Kernels (1934) [d]

Ocean Swells (1934) [d,w]

Alice Adams (1935) [d]

Annie Oakley (1935) [d]

Laddie (1935) [d]

The Nitwits (1935) [d,w]

Swing Time (1936) [d]

A Damsel in Distress (1937) [d]

Quality Street (1937) [d]

Vivacious Lady (1938) [d]

Gunga Din (1939) [d]

Vigil in the Night (1940) [d]

Penny Serenade (1941) [d]

The Talk of the Town (1942) [d]

Woman of the Year (1942) [d]

The More the Merrier (1943) [d]

Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) [d]

The Nazi Plan (1945) [d]

I Remember Mama (1948) [d]

On Our Merry Way (1948) [d]

A Place in the Sun (1951) [d]

Something to Live For (1952) [d]

Shane (1953) [d]

Giant (1956) [d]

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) [d,w]

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) [d,w]

The Ghost Goes Gear (1966) [c]

The Syndicate (1968) [c]

The Only Game in Town (1970) [d]

La Casa 4 (Witchcraft) (1988) [a]

Good Grief (1998) [a]

D-Day: The Color Footage (1999) [a,d,w]

James Dean: Forever Young (2005) [a]



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