George Stevens

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/18/1904
Birthplace:
Oakland, California
Death Date:
03/08/1975
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biography
Leading Hollywood craftsman, responsible for some fine films of the 1930s and 40s, but whose later output tended toward the over-ambitious and excessive.

The son of performers, Stevens entered films at age 17 as a cameraman and later worked for the Hal Roach company, where he directed his first shorts. He joined RKO in 1934 and proceeded to churn out a series of crafty comedies and light musicals, scoring his first major success with "Alice Adams" (1935), which was followed by the Astaire-Rogers classic "Swing Time" (1936), the action-packed "Gunga Din" and the brilliantly realized debut Continued

Credits
Director
1956
Producer
1956
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1951
Producer
1951
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1941
Producer
1941
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1909 
First appearance on stage at Alcazar Theater in San Francisco in "Sappho"
1920 
Became actor and stage manager for father's theatrical company
1921 
Moved to Hollywood; began working as assistant and second cameraman
1924 
First film as cameraman, "The White Sheep"
1927 
Joined Hal Roach as cameraman and scriptwriter for Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and Harry Langdon comedy shorts
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