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1930–1981. Awards. Academy Award for Best Director. 1965 My Fair Lady. Golden Globe Award for Best Director. 1965 My Fair Lady. George Dewey Cukor ( / ˈkjuːkɔːr / KEW-kor; [1] July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and producer. [2] He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations.
- George Dewey Cukor, July 7, 1899, New York City, U.S.
- 1930–1981
- January 24, 1983 (aged 83), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
George Cukor, American film director who produced movies of high quality for 50 years, combining his skill in working with actors and his careful attention to details. His films included Little Women (1933), The Philadelphia Story (1940), A Double Life (1947), Born Yesterday (1950), and My Fair Lady (1964).
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Jul 18, 2019 · The latest version from 2018 is a great film—but it doesn’t compare to Cukor’s work here in Cinemascope. stylistic innovations/traits: Cukor’s work with large format musicals ( A Star is Born in the 1950’s in Cinemascope and My Fair Lady in the 1960’s in 65mm are the main reason he’s here along with the consistency of themes and ...
Nov 22, 2002 · On Cukor. November 22, 2002. Born a few months before the twentieth century (July 7th, 1899), Cukor was a man of medium height and solid, stocky build, features sharp as perfect projection on a ...
Oct 28, 2004 · Cukor may have been known as a woman’s director, but he never made a real weepie woman’s picture, just as he never handled a generic men’s action film (the wartime assignment Winged Victory [1944] being the only exception). He never worked on screen with Bette Davis or Barbara Stanwyck, and the ideal Cukor woman, Katharine Hepburn, is as ...
Director: My Fair Lady. George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award. In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of New York City.
November 22, 2002. George Dewey Cukor is born on July 7th in New York City. 1899. Directs the first stage production of "The Great Gatsby" on Broadway. 1926. Ends a three year stint running his ...
