George Sidney

Direção

George Sidney

Nascimento
Falecimento
(com 85 anos)
Local de nascimento
Long Island City, New York, USA
Créditos
58 títulos

Biografia

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George Sidney (October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002) was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Sidney was assigned to direct the Our Gang comedies in 1938. After a year of working on these shorts, he moved on to the Crime Does Not Pay series and popular Pete Smith specialties. He graduated to directing features in 1941. He then worked his way into directing large scale musicals such as The Harvey Girls (1946), The Three Musketeers (1948), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and Kiss Me Kate (1953).

Sidney left MGM to make The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) at Columbia Pictures, where he made his base for the next decade for such films as Jeanne Eagels (1957), Pal Joey (1957), Who Was That Lady? (1960), Pepe (1960), and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He would return to MGM to film A Ticklish Affair (1963) and Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas (1964). His last film was Half a Sixpence (1967).

Sidney was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award four times, starting with the lush Technicolor remake of Show Boat. In 1958 he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment through Musical Films.

For his work in the art of cinema, George Sidney was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Créditos de atuação 5

AnoTítuloPapel
2006 Cineastes en acció Filme Self (archive footage)
2003 Rita Filme Self
1996 E! True Hollywood Story TV (1 ep.)
1991 The Republic Pictures Story Filme Self
1958 The Donna Reed Show TV (1 ep.)

Créditos da equipe técnica 53

AnoTítuloFunção
1976 Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, parte II Filme Thanks
1967 Half a Sixpence Filme Director, Producer
1966 A Falsa Libertina Filme Director, Producer
1964 Amor à Toda Velocidade Filme Producer, Director
1963 A Ticklish Affair Filme Director
1963 Adeus, Amor Filme Director, Producer
1960 Pepe Filme Director, Producer
1960 Quem Era Aquela Pequena? Filme Director
1957 Meus Dois Carinhos Filme Director
1957 Jeanne Eagels Filme Director, Producer
1956 Melodia Imortal Filme Director
1955 Jupiter's Darling Filme Director
1953 Dá-me um Beijo Filme Director
1953 A Rainha Virgem Filme Director
1953 Oscars TV Producer (1 ep.)
1952 Scaramouche Filme Director
1951 O Barco das Ilusões Filme Director
1950 Bonita e Valente Filme Director
1950 Mulher, A Quanto Obrigas Filme Director
1949 Danúbio Vermelho Filme Director
1948 Os Três Mosqueteiros Filme Director
1947 Eterno Conflito Filme Director
1946 Holiday in Mexico Filme Director
1946 As Garçonetes de Harvey Filme Director
1945 Ziegfeld Follies Filme Director
1945 Marujos do Amor Filme Director
1944 Escola de Sereias Filme Director
1943 A Filha do Comandante Filme Director
1943 Pilot #5 Filme Director
1942 Pacific Rendezvous Filme Director
1941 Flicker Memories Filme Director
1941 Of Pups and Puzzles Filme Director
1941 Willie and the Mouse Filme Director
1941 Third Dimensional Murder Filme Director
1941 Free and Easy Filme Director
1940 Quicker'n a Wink Filme Director
1940 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two Filme Director
1939 Dog Daze Filme Director
1939 Hollywood Hobbies Filme Director
1939 Cousin Wilbur Filme Director
1939 Clown Princes Filme Director
1939 Love on Tap Filme Director
1939 Duel Personalities Filme Director
1939 Tiny Troubles Filme Director
1939 Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) Filme Director
1939 Alfalfa's Aunt Filme Director
1938 Practical Jokers Filme Director
1938 Football Romeo Filme Director
1938 Men in Fright Filme Director
1938 Party Fever Filme Director
1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue Filme Director
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero Filme Director
1937 Pacific Paradise Filme Director
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