George Schaefer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-12-16 (77 years old)

Deathday

1997-09-10

Place of Birth

Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

George Schaefer

Biography

George Louis Schaefer (December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997) was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. Schaefer was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived in Oak Park, Illinois for much of his boyhood and young adulthood. He was the son of Elsie (née Otterbein) and Louis Schaefer, who worked in sales. Schaefer studied stage directing at the Yale School of Drama. He began his directing career while serving in the U.S. Army Special Services during World War II. He directed over 50 plays for the troops. After being discharged, he directed for the Broadway theatre. His first p...

Acting

Production

1965

Eagle in a Cage

as Director

1981

The Bunker

as Director

1963

The Patriots

as Director

1969

1958

Johnny Belinda

as Director

1958

Johnny Belinda

as Producer

1985

Stone Pillow

as Director

1969

The File on Devlin

as Executive Producer

1960

The Tempest

as Director

1977

Our Town

as Director

1983

Right of Way

as Director

1971

Doctors' Wives

as Director

1981

The Bunker

as Producer

1992

The Man Upstairs

as Director

1981

1976

Amelia Earhart

as Director

1978

1973

1969

Pendulum

as Director

1978

First, You Cry

as Director

1954

Macbeth

as Director

1972

1985

Answers

as Writer

1985

Answers

as Director

1966

Blithe Spirit

as Director

1977

Our Town

as Producer

1961

Victoria Regina

as Director

1981

1958

1967

Soldier in Love

as Director

1976

The Land of Hope

as Director

1966

1996

Harvey

as Director

1965

Inherit the Wind

as Producer

1968

1964

Macbeth

as Screenplay

1971

Gideon

as Director

1971

Gideon

as Producer

1965

Inherit the Wind

as Director

1968

1964

Macbeth

as Director

1964

Macbeth

as Producer

1963

Pygmalion

as Producer

1963

Pygmalion

as Director

1955

1982

The Deadly Game

as Director

1961

1945

Fallen Angel

as Assistant Director

1967

Saint Joan

as Director

1969

Generation

as Director

1975

1959

Winterset

as Producer

1959

Winterset

as Director

1978

1957

The Lark

as Director

1957

The Lark

as Producer

1959

1963

A Cry of Angels

as Director

1973

A Time For Love

as Director

1962

1962

1958

1955

1955

One Touch of Venus

as Adaptation

1959

A Doll's House

as Producer

1959

A Doll's House

as Director

1958

Kiss Me, Kate

as Director

1958

Kiss Me, Kate

as Producer

1964

The Fantasticks

as Producer

1964

The Fantasticks

as Director

1960

The Tempest

as Producer

1964

1956

The Little Foxes

as Producer

1957

On Borrowed Time

as Director

1957

On Borrowed Time

as Producer

1958

1958

1956

The Little Foxes

as Director

1966

Blithe Spirit

as Producer

1965

The Holy Terror

as Producer

1965

The Holy Terror

as Director

1968

1968

1992

The Man Upstairs

as Producer

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