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Also Known As George Dewey Cukor
Born July 7, 1899 • New York City • New York
Died January 24, 1983 (aged 83) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1965)
Notable Works “A Bill of Divorcement” • “A Double Life” • “A Life of Her Own” • “A Star Is Born” • “Bhowani Junction” • “Camille” • “David Copperfield” • “Dinner at Eight” • “Edward, My Son” • “Gaslight” • “Holiday” • “It Should Happen to You” • “Let’s Make Love” • “Little Women” • “Love Among the Ruins” • “My Fair Lady” • “One Hour with You” • “Pat and Mike” • “Romeo and Juliet” • “Susan and God” • “Sylvia Scarlett” • “The Corn Is Green” • “The Philadelphia Story” • “The Women” • “Travels with My Aunt” • “What Price Hollywood?” • “Wild Is the Wind”

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George Cukor
W.C. Fields in David Copperfield
Leslie Howard as Romeo stands below a balcony, reaching up to Norma Shearer as Juliet, who leans over the ornate stone railing in a famous scene from the 1936 film Romeo and Juliet.
Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor in formal attire stand together in front of a mirror, surrounded by lace curtains, in a scene from the 1936 film Camille.
George Cukor
George Cukor: The Philadelphia Story
Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in a tense scene from the film Gaslight (1944), with Boyer gripping Bergman's wrist as she leans against a wall, both in period costume.
Judy Holliday in Kanin's Born Yesterday
Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett, also known as Vicki Lester, stands in front of a piano wearing an embellished dress in a scene from the 1954 film A Star is Born.
Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, and Wilfrid Hyde-White in formal attire ascend a grand staircase at a ball in a scene from the film My Fair Lady (1964).
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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Mike Nichols
American director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
American director
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Delbert Mann
American director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
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George Roy Hill
American director
Kevin Costner in a light beige suit and white shirt, standing in front of a yellow backdrop at the Yellowstone premiere.
Kevin Costner
American actor and director
Charlton Heston as Taylor faces Kim Hunter as Zira and Roddy McDowall as Cornelius, both in ape makeup and costumes, in a cave setting from Planet of the Apes (1968).
Franklin J. Schaffner
American director
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
American filmmaker and actor
Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.
Warren Beatty
American actor, director, and producer
Director Damien Chazelle sits beside a large film camera outdoors during the filming of La La Land, wearing headphones around his neck.
Damien Chazelle
American director and screenwriter
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
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James L. Brooks
American screenwriter, director, and producer
Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director

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