| George Cukor | |
|---|---|
 Cuko at the 37th Academy Awards with Joan Crawford | |
| 5 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Role | Director |
| Born | July 7, 1899 |
| Manhattan, New York, USA | |
| Died | January 24, 1983 |
George Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933). When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1937) for Irving Thalberg. He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star is Born and My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s.
Wins[]
- 37th Academy Awards, 1964
- Best Director — My Fair Lady
Nominations[]
- 6th Academy Awards, 1932/33
- Best Director — Little Women
- 13th Academy Awards, 1940
- Best Director — The Philadelphia Story
- 20th Academy Awards, 1947
- Best Director — A Double Life
- 23rd Academy Awards, 1950
- Best Director — Born Yesterday
- 37th Academy Awards, 1964
- Best Director — My Fair Lady
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