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Stanley Kramer is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 29 september 1913 at New York City (USA)

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer
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Birth name Stanley Earl Kramer
Nationality USA
Birth 29 september 1913 at New York City (USA)
Death 19 february 2001 (at 87 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message movies", and becoming one of the nation's most respected filmmakers. As an independent producer and director, he distinguished himself and his films by bringing attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism, nuclear war, greed, creationism vs. evolution and the causes and effects of fascism.

Despite the controversial subjects of his films, many of which received mixed reviews, the film industry nonetheless recognized their importance and quality during most of his career, awarding his films sixteen Academy Awards and eighty nominations. He was nominated nine times as either producer or director.

His notable films include High Noon (1952, as producer), The Caine Mutiny (1954, as producer), 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). After a string of unsuccessful productions in the 1970s, he retired from films.

Director Steven Spielberg described him as an "incredibly talented visionary," and "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." Kramer was recognized for his fierce independence as a producer-director, with author Victor Navasky writing that "among the independents . . . none seemed more vocal, more liberal, more pugnacious than young Stanley Kramer." Kramer agreed: "I tried to make movies that lasted about issues that would not go away."

In 1961 he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1998 was awarded the first NAACP Vanguard Award "in recognition of the strong social themes that ran through his body of work." In 2002, the Stanley Kramer Award was created, to be given to recipients for work that "dramatically illustrates provocative social issues.

Biography

Stanley Kramer est né à Manhattan, dans l’État de New York, dans un quartier connu sous le nom de Hell's Kitchen, en raison de sa réputation de zone difficile, ravagée par les gangs. Ses parents étaient juifs et s’étant séparés très tôt, il ne se souvenait guère de son père. Sa mère travaillait dans un bureau de Paramount Pictures à New York , période pendant laquelle ses grands-parents s'occupaient de lui à la maison. Son oncle, Earl Kramer, travaillait dans la distribution chez Universal Pictures .

Kramer a étudié au lycée DeWitt Clinton dans le Bronx , où il a obtenu son diplôme à quinze ans. Il s'est ensuite inscrit à l'Université de New York, où il est devenu membre de la fraternité Pi Lambda Phi et a écrit une chronique hebdomadaire pour le journal Medley . Il a obtenu son diplôme en administration des affaires en 1933, à l'âge de dix-neuf ans. Selon le biographe Donald Spoto , après avoir développé un "goût pour l'écriture" avec le journal, il s'est vu proposer un stage rémunéré dans le département d'écriture de la 20th Century Fox et a déménagé à Hollywood. Jusqu'à ce poste, il avait prévu de s'inscrire à la faculté de droit

Best films

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
(Director)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
(Director)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
(Director)
High Noon (1952)
(Producer)
Ship of Fools (1965)
(Director)
Champion (1949)
(Producer)

Usually with

Rudolph Sternad
Rudolph Sternad
(25 films)
Franz Planer
Franz Planer
(7 films)
Ernest Laszlo
Ernest Laszlo
(5 films)
George Glass
George Glass
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Stanley Kramer (38 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1979The Runner StumblesDirector, Producer
1977The Domino PrincipleDirector, Producer
1975Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William CalleyActor, DirectorHost
1973Oklahoma CrudeDirector, Producer
1971Bless the Beasts & ChildrenDirector, Producer
1970The Secret of Santa VittoriaDirector, Producer
1970R.P.M.Director, Producer
1969Journey Into SelfActor
1967Guess Who's Coming to DinnerDirector, Producer
1965Ship of FoolsDirector, Producer
1963A Child Is WaitingProducer
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldDirector, Producer
1962Pressure PointProducer
1961Judgment at NurembergDirector, Producer
1960Inherit the WindDirector, Producer
1959On the BeachDirector, Producer
1958The Defiant OnesDirector, Producer
1957The Pride and the PassionDirector, Producer
1955Not as a StrangerDirector, Producer
1954The Caine MutinyProducer
1953The Wild OneProducer
1953The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Director, Producer
1953The JugglerProducer
1952The Happy TimeProducer
1952High NoonProducer
1952Eight Iron MenProducer
1952My Six ConvictsProducer
1952The SniperProducer
1952The Member of the WeddingProducer
1952The Four PosterProducer
1952The Member of the WeddingProducer
1951Death of a SalesmanProducer
1950The MenProducer
1950Cyrano de BergeracProducer
1949Home of the BraveProducer
1949ChampionProducer
1948So This Is New YorkProducer
1942The Moon and SixpenceProducer