Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936). He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Cukor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 1975
- Golden Plate Award · 1970
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1965
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
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- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1965 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1948 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1934 · nominated
Filmography40 titles
The Philadelphia Story
My Fair Lady
Gaslight
The Prisoner of Zenda
Sid & Judy
Holiday
Born Yesterday
The Women
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
A Star Is Born
It Should Happen to You
Adam's Rib
Camille
The Dick Cavett Show
A Woman's Face
Little Women
Dinner at Eight
The Marrying Kind
David Copperfield
The Actress
Keeper of the Flame
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Desire Me
Susan and God
One Hour with You
Let's Make Love
Les Girls
Pat and Mike
Edward, My Son
Sylvia Scarlett
Romeo and Juliet
Bhowani Junction
Travels with My Aunt
I Met My Love Again
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Heller in Pink Tights
The River of Romance
The Chapman Report
Song Without End
Hollywood: The Selznick Years