Stanley Kramer
Biography
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." 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".
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Acting (16 movies)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007
A Tribute to Stanley Kramer
2004
I'll Teach You to Dream
1985
A Special Kind of Love
2008
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
The Making of High Noon
1992
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974
Directing (18 movies)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Inherit the Wind
1960
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
Ship of Fools
1965
The Defiant Ones
1958
The Pride and the Passion
1957
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
The Domino Principle
1977
On the Beach
1959
Not as a Stranger
1955
Bless the Beasts & Children
1971
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
The Runner Stumbles
1979
Oklahoma Crude
1973
R.P.M.
1970
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974