George Cukor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Cukor

American film director and producer

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1899

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1983

Profession: film director, film producer, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director.
He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations.
His career flourished at RKO when David O.
Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933).
When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933, Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936) for Irving Thalberg. He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), and won the Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964).
He continued to work into the 1980s.