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George Cukor

1899 - 1983

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George Dewey Cukor ( KEW-kor; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and producer. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Cukor is the 109th most popular film director (down from 96th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United States (down from 635th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Film Director.

George Cukor is most famous for his work as a director. He directed The Women, A Star is Born, and Gaslight.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Cukor ranks 109 out of 2,041Before him are Jacques Tati, Sidney Lumet, Bong Joon-ho, John Huston, Zhang Yimou, and Edwin S. Porter. After him are Robert Altman, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, Satyajit Ray, Costa-Gavras, and John Woo.

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Among people born in 1899, George Cukor ranks 32Before him are Suzanne Lenglen, Adnan Menderes, Gustav Heinemann, Duke Ellington, Bertil Ohlin, and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. After him are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Chang Myon, Cevdet Sunay, Alfred Schütz, Ferhat Abbas, and Erwin Bowien. Among people deceased in 1983, George Cukor ranks 24Before him are Nikolai Podgorny, Roy Sullivan, Raymond Aron, Ulf von Euler, Meyer Lansky, and Alfred Tarski. After him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Anna Seghers, Aleksandar Ranković, Gloria Swanson, George O. Abell, and Luis Monti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Cukor ranks 918 out of 20,380Before him are John Huston (1906), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Roy Orbison (1936), Pete Seeger (1919), and Edwin S. Porter (1870). After him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), Billie Jean King (1943), Alan Shepard (1923), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), and George Kennedy (1925).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Cukor ranks 28Before him are James Ivory (1928), Terry Gilliam (1940), John Carpenter (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), John Huston (1906), and Edwin S. Porter (1870). After him are Robert Altman (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), Jules Dassin (1911), William Hanna (1910), and Wes Craven (1939).