George Stevens, Jr.

George Cooper Stevens, Jr. (born April 3, 1932) is an American award-winning film and television writer, director, producer, and founder of the American Film Institute. He has received eleven Emmys, two Peabody Awards and eight Writers Guild of America Awards for his television productions, including the annual Kennedy Center Honors, Separate But Equal and The Murder of Mary Phagan. His production of The Thin Red Line was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture. Alfred A. Knopf published his recent book, Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at The American Film Institute. He is also a playwright, writing the one-person play Thurgood, the story of the life of Thurgood Marshall, starring Laurence Fishburne, who was nominated for a Tony as best actor in a play on Broadway.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Awards 3 Work 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

Stevens, Jr. was born in Hollywood, son of Academy Award–winning director George Stevens (1904–1975), and actress mother Yvonne Howell (1905–2010), and grandson of actors Landers Stevens, Georgie Cooper and comedienne Alice Howell. In July 1965 he married Elizabeth Guest, and has children Michael Stevens^[1] (a producer/director) and David Averell, and a stepdaughter Caroline.

Politically, Stevens is a supporter of Barack Obama.^[2]

Awards

Stevens won, or was nominated for, the following awards.^[3]

ACADEMY AWARD:

• 1964, Nominated, Best Documentary, Short Subjects for The Five Cities of June (1963)

EMMY AWARDS:

• 2009, Won, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2008), shared with Michael Stevens (producer)
• 2008, Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2007), shared with Michael Stevens (producer)
• 2007, Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2006)
• 1996, Won, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1995), shared with Don Mischer
• 1995, Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (1995), shared with Michael Stevens (producer)
• 1994 Won, Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994)
• Won, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1993), shared with Don Mischer (producer)
• Nominated, Outstanding Informational Special for George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994)
• 1991
• Won, Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries for Separate But Equal (1991), shared with Stan Margulies (executive producer)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special for Separate But Equal (1991)
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1990), shared with: Nick Vanoff (producer)
• 1989 Won, Outstanding Special Events for The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (1989), shared with Jeffrey Lane (co-producer)
• Won, Outstanding Special Events for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1988), shared with Nick Vanoff (producer)
• 1988 Won, Outstanding Miniseries for The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
• 1986 Won, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985), shared with Nick Vanoff (producer)
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (1986)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (1986), shared with Jeffrey Lane (writer)
• 1985 Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985), shared with Jeffrey Lane (writer)
• 1984
• Won, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983), shared with Nick Vanoff (producer)
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish (1984)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish (1984), shared with Joseph McBride (writer)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983) shared with L.T. Iglehart Jr., Sara Lukinson (writer), Marc London (writer)
• 1983
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982), shared with Nick Vanoff (producer)
• 1982
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra (1982)
• 1981
• Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981)
• Nominated, Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981), shared with Joseph McBride (writer)
• 1980
• Nominated, Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Events, for The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart (1980)
• Nominated, Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Events, for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979), shared with Nick Vanoff (producer)
• 1978 Nominated, Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement for The American Film Institute Salute to Bette Davis (1977), shared with Perry Lafferty (supervising producer), Robert Scheerer (producer)
• Nominated, Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement for The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978), shared with Eric Lieber (producer)
• 1976 Nominated Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement for The American Film Institute Presents a Salute to William Wyler (1976), shared with Paul Keyes (producer)
• 1975 Won, Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement for The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney (1974), shared with Paul Keyes (producer)
• Nominated, Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement for The American Film Institute Salute to Orson Welles (1975), shared with Paul Keyes (producer)

HUMANITAS PRIZE:

• 1991 Nominated, 90 Minute Category for Separate But Equal (1991). For part I. International Documentary Association
• 1985 Won, IDA Award for George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, USA:

• 2006 Won, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2004) shared with Sara Lukinson
• 2005 Won, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2004) shared with Sara Lukinson
• 2004 Nominated, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2003) shared with Sara Lukinson, David Leaf
• 2003 Won, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979), shared with Don Baer, Sara Lukinson (film sequences)
• 2002 Won, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Any Length for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2001) shared with Don Baer, Sara Lukinson (film sequences), Harry Miles Muheim (film sequences)
• 2000 Won, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Any Length for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999) shared with Robert Shrum, Sara Lukinson (film sequences)
• 1999 Nominated, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Any Length for The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise (1998), shared with Robert Shrum, Chris Henchy
• 1997 Nominated, Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tribute - Special Event for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996), shared with Robert Shrum, Sara Lukinson (film sequences), John Frook (film sequences)
• 1996 Nominated, Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event for The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (1995), shared with Robert Shrum
• 1992 Paul Selvin Honorary Award
• 1989 Won, WGA Award (TV)

DOCUMENTARY - Other than Current Events:

• George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

Work

• American Film Institute
  • 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
  • The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford, CBS, 1973
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
  • The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck, 1989
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1993
  • 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, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1998
• The Kennedy Center Honors, A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1998
• Executive producer, America's Millennium, CBS, 1999
• Executive producer, Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1999
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1999
• Executive producer, Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments, UPN, 1999
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Director, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1955
• Also directed various episodes of Peter Gunn and Phillip Marlowe.
• 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
• SPECIALS:

• The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award:A Salute to Sir David Lean, 1990
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
• 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
• Film Producer, (except where indicated)
• Production assistant, The D.I., Warner Brothers, 1958
• Associate producer and director of location scenes, The Diary of Anne Frank, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey, 1962
• The Five Cities of June, 1963
• Associate producer, The Greatest Story Ever Told, United Artists,1965
• John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums, 1966
• Directed by John Ford, 1971
• 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
• WRITINGS:
• Television Specials:
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1978
• America Entertains Vice Premier Deng, PBS, 1979
• AFI
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire, CBS, 1981
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra, CBS, 1982
  • The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish, CBS, 1984
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly, CBS, 1985
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder, NBC, 1986
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck, ABC, 1987
  • The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, 1990
  • The 19th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Kirk Douglas, 1991
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon, CBS, 1988
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck, 1989
  • AFI Salute to Sidney Poitier, NBC, 1992
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1993
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson, 1994
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also known as The 23rd American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Steven Spielberg, 1995
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
  • The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise, 1998
• Kennedy Center
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1984
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1985
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1986
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1987
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1988
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1989
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1990
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1991
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1992
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1993
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1994
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1995
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1996
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1997
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1998
  • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1999

• Christmas specials
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1982
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1987
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1988
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1989
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1990
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1991
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1992
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1993
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1994
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1995
  • Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1997
  • Christmas in Washington, TNT, 2011

• The Great Ones: The National Sports Awards, 1993
• George Stevens: From D-Day to Berlin, The Disney Channel, 1994
• Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
• America's Millennium, CBS, 1999

• TELEVISION MINISERIES:
  • The Murder of Mary Phagan, NBC, 1988
  • Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991
• SCREENPLAYS:
  • George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, 1985

References

External links

• George Stevens, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Stevens, George, Jr.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 3, 1932
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death