Stanley Kramer

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-09-29 (88 years old)

Deathday

2001-02-19

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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 a...

Production

1952

High Noon

as Producer

1961

1961

1950

The Men

as Producer

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Director

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Producer

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Producer

1965

Ship of Fools

as Director

1965

Ship of Fools

as Producer

1958

The Defiant Ones

as Director

1958

The Defiant Ones

as Producer

1977

1952

The Sniper

as Producer

1959

On the Beach

as Director

1950

1942

1955

1955

1963

1979

1973

Oklahoma Crude

as Director

1970

R.P.M.

as Director

1948

1977

1952

Eight Iron Men

as Producer

1979

1962

Pressure Point

as Producer

1951

1959

On the Beach

as Producer

1973

Oklahoma Crude

as Producer

1949

1949

Champion

as Producer

1952

The Four Poster

as Producer

1952

The Happy Time

as Producer

1953

The Wild One

as Producer

1952

My Six Convicts

as Producer

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Presenter

1970

R.P.M.

as Producer

1953

The Juggler

as Producer

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