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Directing · Writing · 1904 to 1975

George Stevens

Best rated: I Remember Mama (7.8)

Films
24
Avg rating
7.14
Peak run
1943’53
Oscar wins
2 of 5
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The career

George Stevens, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1943 to 1953, 7.80567819351940194519501955196019651970I Remember Mama 7.8The Greatest Story Ever T… 6.6Career avg 7.14

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

George Stevens's career barcodecoolhot
193424 films1970
Current formLast 5: 6.98 vs career 7.14 (−0.16)
  1. WShane1953 · 7.6+0.5
  2. WGiant1956 · 7.6+0.5
  3. WThe Diary of Anne Frank1959 · 7.4+0.3
  4. LThe Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · 6.6−0.5
  5. LThe Only Game in Town1970 · 5.7−1.4
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

George by the numbers

Average
7.14
20 rated films
Vote weighted
7.18
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
37y
1934 to 1970
Total votes
247K
across every film
Best
7.8
I Remember Mama
Worst
6.6
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1970The Only Game in Town5.71,183
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told posterThe Greatest Story Ever Told6.613,633
1959The Diary of Anne Frank posterThe Diary of Anne Frank7.414,719
1956Giant posterGiant7.644,513
1953Shane posterShane7.648,369
1952Something to Live For·500
1951A Place in the Sun posterA Place in the Sun7.727,360
1948I Remember Mama7.86,669
1945Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps8.31,865
1943The More the Merrier7.68,465
1942The Talk of the Town posterThe Talk of the Town7.510,166
1942Woman of the Year posterWoman of the Year7.112,036
1941Penny Serenade7.18,999
1940Vigil in the Night6.71,152
1939Gunga Din posterGunga Din7.213,786
1938Vivacious Lady7.15,120
1937A Damsel in Distress6.82,641
1937Quality Street6.21,406
1936Swing Time posterSwing Time7.415,754
1935Alice Adams6.84,966
Better together?

George Stevens's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On George Stevens

10 nominations, 3 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1960
    George Stevens, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1960
    George Stevens
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1957
    George Stevens
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1957
    George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1954
    George Stevens, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1954
    George Stevens
    Nominated
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1954
    George Stevens
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1952
    George Stevens, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1952
    George Stevens
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1944
    George Stevens
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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