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Stanley Kramer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies. His notable films include The Defiant Ones (1958), On the Beach (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Ship of Fools (1965) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). His work was recognized with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1961, and over the course of his career he received nine Academy Award nominations. Director Steven Spielberg once described him as "one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world."[1] Film critic David Thomson described Kramer as a "hero of the 1950s" and an "enterprising producer," but also wrote of his later films that "commercialism, of the most crass and confusing kind, has devitalised all [of] his projects".[ Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Kramer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Sep 29, 1913 In Brooklyn, New York, United States
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the series This Is Your Life 1952-10-01
Latest Project:
Movie Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid 1997-01-05
Known For
Poster of Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
Poster of Here's Hollywood
Poster of The Oscars
Poster of This Is Your Life
Filmography
Movie Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid Self 1997-01-05
Movie Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' Self 1991-01-01
Movie The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Self 1986-03-09
Movie Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley Host 1975-01-12
Movie Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Host 1974-01-28
Series Here's Hollywood Unknown 1960-09-26
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01