George Stevens

Director

Birthday December 18, 1904

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Mar 8, 1975 (70)

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About

Filmmaker who won Academy Awards for directing the 1951 film A Place in the Sun and the 1956 film Giant.

Before Fame

He started off as a cameraman.

Trivia

He directed 1959's Diary of Anne Frank, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

Family Life

He married his second wife Joan McTavish in 1968.

Associated With

He directed Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town.