STEVENS, George

George Stevens (Stevens) (18. 12. 1904 - 08. 03. 1975).

Born in a family of actors and has played in 5 years on stage. Enjoys photography, became a cinematographer, worked on a series of short comedies, including with the participation of Laurel and Hardy.

As the director directed his first feature film in 1933, and in 1935 succeeded the picture 'Alice Adams' (Alice Adams; nomination for the Oscar for best film), shooting for which he has chosen actress Katharine Hepburn. As George Cukor, he gained a reputation as 'women's director'.

. In 1936, put one of the best musicals of Fred Astera, 'Swing Time' (Swing Time), and in 1939 - the classic adventure film "Gunga Din '(Gunga Din), who became one of the standards of the genre
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In 1942, Katharine Hepburn again chose him to stage its first joint film with Spencer Tracy, 'Woman of the Year' (Woman of the Year)

. Studio 'Columbia' offered Stevens a contract to complete creative independence, . which resulted in the brilliant comedy 'The whole town said' (The Talk of the Town, . 1942) and 'more, . merrier '(The More the Merrier, . 1943),
. During the war, Stevens led the front-line crew in Europe and returned to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Received awards Oscar as best director for his film 'A Place in the Sun' (A Place in the Sun, 1951, on 'American Tragedy' T. Dreiser) and the epic drama 'Giant' (Giant, 1956). In the meantime, took the classic western 'Shane' (Shane, 1953), was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director and received the Irving Tцєllberg Memorial Award for his contribution to cinema.

Stevens was known as a perfectionist, slow the director, carefully calibrate the details and filmed a lot of duplicates.