Stanley Kramer
Production
Born September 29, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, United States
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 art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world." Film critic David Thomson described Kramer as a "hero of the 1950s" and an "enterprising producer," but also wrote of his later films that "commercialism, of the most crass and confusing kind, has devitalised all [of] his projects".
Filmography
A Special Kind of Love
Self (archive footage)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself (archive footage)
A Tribute to Stanley Kramer
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self
The Making of High Noon
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
I'll Teach You to Dream
The Runner Stumbles
The Domino Principle
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
Host
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
Self - Host
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Host
Oklahoma Crude
Bless the Beasts & Children
R.P.M.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Ship of Fools
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
A Child Is Waiting
Pressure Point
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Here's Hollywood
Inherit the Wind
On the Beach
The Defiant Ones
The Pride and the Passion
Not as a Stranger
The Caine Mutiny
The Wild One
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
The Juggler
The Oscars
Self
The Member of the Wedding
Eight Iron Men
The Happy Time
The Four Poster
This Is Your Life
Self
High Noon
The Sniper
My Six Convicts
Death of a Salesman
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Men
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Home of the Brave
Champion
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
So This Is New York
The Moon and Sixpence