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Also Known As	George Stenius
Born	April 17, 1911 • South Bend • Indiana
Died	June 28, 1979 (aged 68) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1955) • Academy Award (1948)
Notable Works	“36 Hours” • “Airport” • “Anything Can Happen” • “Apartment for Peggy” • “Chicken Every Sunday” • “For Heaven’s Sake” • “Miracle on 34th Street” • “Teacher’s Pet” • “The Counterfeit Traitor” • “The Country Girl” • “Pleasure of His Company, The” • “What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?”

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Steven Spielberg

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Woody Allen

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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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

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John Huston

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Billy Wilder

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Francis Ford Coppola

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William Wellman

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Mel Brooks

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Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.

Leo McCarey

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George Lucas wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt, standing in front of a dark backdrop at the 2017 LACMA Art Film Gala in Los Angeles.

George Lucas

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Ben Affleck

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Preston Sturges

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