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George Stevens, Jr’s creative life has been devoted in large part to heightening attention to social justice and civil rights in his work in film, television and theater. Stevens' instinctive understanding of the power of film has given voice to outsiders and illuminated the challenges of achieving equal justice for all Americans.
I couldn’t put it down.”. “A moving picture of Hollywood discovering itself and America defining itself in its most consequential hours. Escapade, heart and grace fill the pages.”. Discover the story of George Stevens Jr. and his adventures through Hollywood and Washington. His entertaining memoir, My Place in the Sun is available now.
George Stevens, Jr. has devoted much of his career serving and leading institutions that courageously told America’s story abroad, enriched the nation’s cultural landscape, and advanced the art of American film. His career in public service began in 1961 when Edward R. Murrow persuaded Stevens to leave Hollywood for Washington to become director of the Motion Picture Service of the United ...
My Place in the Sun offers the reader a front-row seat to the birth of the American Century through the lens of a model cultural citizen. In both wartime and peacetime, through national celebrations and tragedies, George Stevens Jr.’s meticulously documented, even-handed portraits of a century’s worth of filmic and political historymakers is a must-read for anyone interested in human affairs.
George Cooper Stevens (* 18. Dezember 1904 in Oakland, Kalifornien; † 8. März 1975 in Lancaster, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Kameramann. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen gehören Ein Platz an der Sonne, Mein großer Freund Shane, Giganten und Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank.
George Stevens Jr.. Producer: Separate But Equal. George Stevens Jr. was born on 3 April 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Separate But Equal (1991), George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) and The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012).
George Cooper Stevens (George Stevens, Jr.’s father), was born on December 18, 1904, the same year the Nickelodeon made its debut in New York and would provide a movie career for George and in time prominence as one of Hollywood’s most admired film directors.
