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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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George Stevens, Jr. Biography (1932-)
Full name, George Cooper Stevens, Jr.; born April 3, 1932, in Hollywood, CA;son of George Cooper (a film director) and Yvonne (maiden name, Shevlin) Stevens; married Elizabeth Guest, July 5, 1965; children: Michael Murrow (a producer and director), David Averell; stepchildren: Caroline. Addresses: Agent: Morgan Agency, 129 W. Wilson, Suite 202, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, director, motion picture executive, television executive
- Birth Details
- April 3, 1932
- Hollywood, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Producer, Except Where Indicated
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Specials
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford, CBS, 1973
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney, CBS, 1974
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to Orson Welles, CBS, 1975
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to William Wyler (also known as The 4th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to William Wyler), CBS, 1976
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The American Film Institute Salute to Bette Davis, CBS, 1977
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The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies, CBS, 1977
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The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda, CBS, 1978
- Co-producer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1978
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America Entertains Vice Premier Deng, PBS, 1979
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The American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock, CBS, 1979
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1979
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The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart, CBS, 1980
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1980
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The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire, CBS, 1981
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1981
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The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1982
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1982
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The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1983
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1983
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The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish, CBS, 1984
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1984
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1984
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The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly, CBS, 1985
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1985
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1985
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The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder, NBC, 1986
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1986
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1986
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The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck, ABC, 1987
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1987
- Executive producer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1987
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1988
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1988
- (And executive producer) The American Film Institute Salute to GregoryPeck, 1989
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1989
- Executive producer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1989
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1990
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1990
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The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, 1990
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The 19th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Kirk Douglas, 1991
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1991
- Executive producer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
- Executive producer, AFI Salute to Sidney Poitier, NBC, 1992
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1992
- (And executive producer) The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1992
- (And executive producer) The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1993
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The Great Ones: The National Sports Awards, 1993
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1993
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1993
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson, 1994
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George Stevens: From D-Day to Berlin, The Disney Channel, 1994
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1994
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1994
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1995
- Executive producer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1995
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also known as The 23rd American Film Institute Life AchievementAward: A Salute to Steven Spielberg), 1995
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
- Executive producer, Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1996
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1996
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1997
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The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 1997
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to Martin Scorsese (also known as The 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese), 1997
- Executive producer, The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise, 1998
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1998
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The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 1998
- Executive producer, America's Millennium, CBS, 1999
- Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1999
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1999
- Executive producer, Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments, UPN, 1999
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Television Work
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Episodic
- Director, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1955
- Also directed various episodes of Peter Gunn and Phillip Marlowe.
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Other Television Work
- Production assistant, Dragnet (series), NBC, 1952
- Production assistant, Pete Kelly's Blues (series), NBC, 1959
- Producer, The Murder of Mary Phagan (miniseries), NBC, 1988
- Director and executive producer, Separate but Equal (miniseries),ABC, 1991
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford, CBS, 1973
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The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
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The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
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The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck, 1989
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The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, 1990
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
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The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1993
- Host and narrator, George Stevens: From D-Day to Berlin, The Disney Channel, 1994
- Host and presenter, The Kennedy Center 25th Anniversary Celebration, PBS, 1996
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The American Film Institute Salute to Martin Scorsese (also knownas The 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese), 1997
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Film Producer, Except Where Indicated
- Production assistant, The D.I., Warner Brothers, 1958
- Associate producer and director of location scenes, The Diary of AnneFrank, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
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Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey, 1962
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The Five Cities of June, 1963
- Associate producer, The Greatest Story Ever Told, United Artists,1965
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John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums, 1966
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Directed by John Ford, 1971
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America at the Movies, 1976
- (And director) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, 1985
- Extract producer, Everybody's All-American, 1988
- Executive producer, The Thin Red Line, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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WRITINGS
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Television Specials
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1978
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America Entertains Vice Premier Deng, PBS, 1979
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The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire, CBS, 1981
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The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1982
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The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983
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The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish, CBS, 1984
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1984
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The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly, CBS, 1985
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1985
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The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder, NBC, 1986
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1986
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The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck, ABC, 1987
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1987
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1987
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1988
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1988
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The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck, 1989
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1989
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1989
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1990
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1990
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The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, 1990
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The 19th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Kirk Douglas, 1991
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1991
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
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AFI Salute to Sidney Poitier, NBC, 1992
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1992
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1992
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The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1993
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The Great Ones: The National Sports Awards, 1993
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1993
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1993
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson, 1994
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George Stevens: From D-Day to Berlin, The Disney Channel, 1994
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1994
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1994
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1995
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1995
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The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also knownas The 23rd American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Steven Spielberg), 1995
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The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
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Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1996
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Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1997
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The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 1997
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The American Film Institute Salute to Martin Scorsese (also knownas The 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese), 1997
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The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise, 1998
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The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 1998
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America's Millennium, CBS, 1999
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1999
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Television Miniseries
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The Murder of Mary Phagan, NBC, 1988
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Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991
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Screenplays
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, 1985
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Television Quarterly, June 16, 1997, spring, 1994, p. 69.
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Variety, p. 12.
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