George Cukor (1899 – 1983) ha iniziato a lavorare in teatro, per poi approdare alla Paramount come dialoghista e imponendosi ben presto come regista. Ha firmato i primi grandi successi alla RKO, a cui era passato nel frattempo. Il suo nome si è consolidato negli anni Trenta con film come Davide Copperfield (1935), Il diavolo è femmina (1935), Donne (1939) e Scandalo a Filadelfia (1940). Maestro della commedia, ha diretto anche musical popolarissimi quali È nata una stella (1954) e My Fair Lady (1964), che gli è valso l’Oscar per la miglior regia.
George Cukor (1899 – 1983) got his start in theater before working at Paramount as a dialogue director and soon moving into directing. He later transferred to RKO, where he made his first hit films. He firmly established himself in the 1930s with films like David Copperfield (1935), Sylvia Scarlett (1935), The Women (1939), and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Recognized for his mastery of comedy, Cukor also directed the hit screen musicals A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964), which won him an Academy Award for Best Director.
Filmography
1981 Rich and Famous
1976 The Blue Bird
1972 Travels with My Aunt
1969 Justine
1964 My Fair Lady
1962 The Chapman Report
1960 Let's Make Love
1960 Heller in Pink Tights
1957 Wild Is the Wind
1957 Les Girls
1956 Bhowani Junction
1954 A Star Is Born
1954 It Should Happen to You
1953 The Actress
1952 Pat and Mike
1952 The Marrying Kind
1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker
1950 Born Yesterday
1950 A Life of Her Own
1949 Adam's Rib
1949 Edward, My Son
1947 A Double Life
1944 Winged Victory
1944 Gaslight
1942 Keeper of the Flame
1942 Her Cardboard Lover
1941 Two-Faced Woman
1941 A Woman's Face
1940 The Philadelphia Story
1940 Susan and God
1939 The Women
1938 Zaza
1938 Holiday
1936 Camille
1936 Romeo and Juliet
1935 Sylvia Scarlett
1935 David Copperfield
1933 Little Women
1933 Dinner at Eight
1933 Our Betters
1932 Rockabye
1932 A Bill of Divorcement
1932 What Price Hollywood?
1931 Girls about Town
1931 Tarnished Lady
1930 The Royal Family of Broadway
1930 The Virtuous Sin
1930 Grumpy
