Stanley Kramer - Definition and Overview

Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19,2001) was an American movie director and producer. Six of his films received Academy Award nominations as best picture. Kramer was born in New York, New York and graduated from New York University in 1933.

His films, particularly those he directed, are often strongly politically liberal, dealing with nuclear war, racial prejudice, and creationism.

Filmography

As director

• Not As a Stranger (1955)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• On the Beach (1959)
• Inherit the Wind (1960)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

As producer

• Champion (1949)
• Home of the Brave (1949)
• The Men (1950)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
• Death of a Salesman (1951)
• High Noon (1952)
• The Wild One (1954)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954).