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George Cukor

George Cukor

Highest Rated: 100% David Copperfield (1935)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Blue Bird (1976)

Birthday: Jul 7, 1899

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

One of the most respected directors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Oscar-winning filmmaker George Cukor was frequently described as a "women's director," thanks to his stellar collaborations with Katherine Hepburn on ten films, including "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), as well as Joan Crawford on "The Women" (1939), Ingrid Bergman on "Gaslight" (1944), Judy Holliday on "Born Yesterday" (1950), Judy Garland on "A Star is Born" (1957) and Audrey Hepburn on "My Fair Lady" (1964). The appellation, while appropriate, did not sufficiently explain the scope of Cukor's five-decade career; rather, it was his scrupulous attention to every detail of his films - from pace and design to casting, scripting and editing - that created a fluid, flawless aesthetic that remained almost invisible to viewers until after the final credits rolled. Though he worked in all genres - from comedies and dramas to musicals - his true focus was the complicated entanglement of relationships between friends and lovers in the face of political, social and interpersonal conflicts. In doing so, Cukor crafted a body of work that represented some of the finest pictures ever released by Hollywood studios; pictures that stood the test of time and changing audiences, who returned to Cukor's cinematic offerings in order to see a master craftsman at work.

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BLUE BIRD, George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, 1976 CAMILLE, Irving Thalberg and Director George Cukor on the set, 1936 CAMILLE, Greta Garbo, Director, George Cukor and Costume Designer, Adrian, on the set, 1936 CAMILLE, Greta Garbo on the set with director George Cukor, 1936 IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, from left: director George Cukor, Judy Holliday, rehearsing, on set, 1954 A LIFE OF HER OWN, Lana Turner, director George Cukor, on set, 1950 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, director George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn on set, 1940 ADAM'S RIB, George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, 1949 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, 1940 WILD IS THE WIND, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Anthony Franciosa, 1957 WILD IS THE WIND, Anna Magnani, director George Cukor studying the script on set, 1957 DINNER AT EIGHT, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, 1933, relaxing on the set TWO-FACED WOMAN, Greta Garbo gets some last minute direction from GEORGE CUKOR, 1941 SYLVIA SCARLETT, George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, 1935 JULIA MISBEHAVES, director Jack Conway, Greer Garson, cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg, visitor George Cukor, on-set, 1948 IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, from left, Arthur Willis, Judy Holliday, producer Fred Kohlmar, director George Cukor, on-set, 1954 IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, from left: director George Cukor, Judy Holliday, rehearsing, on set, 1954 A LIFE OF HER OWN, Joan Crawford, left, visits Lana Turner, director George Cukor, on-set, 1950 BORN YESTERDAY, William Holden (second right) rehearsing a scene with director George Cukor (right), on location, Washington, D.C., 1950 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, director George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn on set, 1940
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
60% 38% Rich and Famous Director - 1981
No Score Yet 60% The Corn Is Green Director - 1979
0% 43% The Blue Bird Director - 1976
No Score Yet 88% Love Among the Ruins Director - 1974
50% 47% Travels With My Aunt Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Born Yesterday - The Films of Judy Holliday Director - 1970
No Score Yet 42% Justine Director - 1969
95% 90% My Fair Lady Director $447.6K 1964
No Score Yet 20% The Chapman Report Director - 1962
No Score Yet 27% Heller in Pink Tights Director - 1960
83% 39% Song Without End Director - 1960
69% 60% Let's Make Love Director - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Spell Director - 1958
89% 72% Les Girls Director - 1957
No Score Yet 64% Wild Is the Wind Director - 1957
100% 62% Bhowani Junction Director - 1956
100% 76% It Should Happen to You Director - 1954
98% 81% A Star Is Born Director - 1954
60% 51% The Actress Director - 1953
63% 56% The Marrying Kind Director - 1952
80% 92% The Model and the Marriage Broker Director - 1952
85% 69% Pat and Mike Director - 1952
No Score Yet 65% A Life of Her Own Director - 1950
97% 85% Born Yesterday Director - 1950
96% 86% Adam's Rib Director - 1949
No Score Yet 47% Edward, My Son Director - 1949
No Score Yet 42% Desire Me Director - 1947
78% 65% A Double Life Director - 1947
No Score Yet 71% I'll Be Seeing You Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winged Victory Director - 1944
89% 90% Gaslight Director - 1944
No Score Yet 38% Her Cardboard Lover Director - 1942
No Score Yet 68% Keeper of the Flame Director - 1942
30% 28% Two-Faced Woman Director - 1941
100% 83% A Woman's Face Director - 1941
100% 93% The Philadelphia Story Director - 1940
40% 25% Susan and God Director - 1940
94% 87% The Women Director - 1939
100% 89% Holiday Director - 1938
78% 47% Romeo and Juliet Director - 1936
89% 84% Camille Director - 1936
No Score Yet 40% No More Ladies Director - 1935
100% 76% David Copperfield Director - 1935
73% 47% Sylvia Scarlett Director - 1935
No Score Yet 20% Rockabye Director - 1933
89% 78% Little Women Director - 1933
91% 74% Dinner at Eight Director - 1933
No Score Yet 31% Our Betters Director - 1933
60% 57% A Bill of Divorcement Director - 1932
80% 65% What Price Hollywood? Director - 1932
86% 74% One Hour With You Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girls About Town Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarnished Lady Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grumpy Director - 1930
No Score Yet 42% The Royal Family of Broadway Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virtuous Sin Director - 1930