FILM DIRECTOR

Stanley Kramer

1913 - 2001

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Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" (he called his movies heavy dramas) and a liberal movie icon. As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in The Defiant Ones and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), nuclear war (in On the Beach), greed (in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), creationism vs. evolution (in Inherit the Wind), and the causes and effects of fascism (in Judgment at Nuremberg). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Kramer is the 220th most popular film director (up from 296th in 2019), the 1,797th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,883rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stanley Kramer ranks 220 out of 2,041. Before him are Miklós Jancsó, Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Liliana Cavani, Mike Newell, and Jerzy Skolimowski. After him are Bertrand Blier, Donald P. Bellisario, Mark Robson, Theo van Gogh, David Zucker, and Marco Ferreri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Stanley Kramer ranks 66. Before him are Heinz Linge, Tadao Horie, Irwin Shaw, Tito Gobbi, Luz Long, and Stewart Granger. After him are Mark Robson, Vinicius de Moraes, Gert Fröbe, Joe Simon, Gerda Christian, and Lloyd Bridges. Among people deceased in 2001, Stanley Kramer ranks 53. Before him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Giovanni Leone, Seishiro Shimatani, Dương Văn Minh, Chung Ju-yung, and Victor Wong. After him are Michele Alboreto, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Liisi Oterma, Birendra of Nepal, Edward Gierek, and Zhang Xueliang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Kramer ranks 1,797 out of 20,380. Before him are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Chris McCandless (1968), Melvin Laird (1922), Bob Gunton (1945), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), and Valerie Solanas (1936). After him are Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Steve Carell (1962), Ethan Hawke (1970), Bruno Mars (1985), Alben W. Barkley (1877), and Thomas J. Sargent (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stanley Kramer ranks 64. Before him are William Friedkin (1935), Blake Edwards (1922), Barry Levinson (1942), Garry Marshall (1934), Chris Columbus (1958), and Robert Aldrich (1918). After him are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), David Zucker (1947), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Ryan Murphy (1965), Richard Donner (1930), and Nicholas Ray (1911).

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