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Stanley Kramer

American film director and producer (1913-2001)

PersonDied aged 87humanQ73136

Also known as Stanley Earl Kramer

Born: September 29, 1913
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
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Died: February 19, 2001
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
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Birthplace: Brooklyn
Place of death: Woodland Hills
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1.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film producer
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1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156450743603941/catalogRetrieved 2023-01-05
2.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266703941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-23
3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, film director
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1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266703941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-23
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, autobiographer
Education: New York University
, Stern School of Business
, DeWitt Clinton High School
Spouse: Marilyn Erskine(1945–1945)
, Karen Sharpe(1966–2001)

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Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" 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, nuclear war, greed, creationism vs. evolution, and the causes and effects of fascism. His other films included High Noon, The Caine Mutiny, and Ship of Fools (1965).

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Given name: Stanley
Earl
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Director(February 19, 1968) for work: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · statement is subject of: 40th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture(February 19, 1968) for work: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · statement is subject of: 40th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture(February 21, 1966) for work: Ship of Fools · statement is subject of: 38th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Director(February 26, 1962) for work: Judgment at Nuremberg · statement is subject of: 34th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture(February 26, 1962) for work: Judgment at Nuremberg · statement is subject of: 34th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Director(February 23, 1959) for work: The Defiant Ones · statement is subject of: 31st Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture(February 23, 1959) for work: The Defiant Ones · statement is subject of: 31st Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture(February 12, 1955) for work: The Caine Mutiny · statement is subject of: 27th Academy Awards
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Academy Award for Best Picture(February 9, 1953) for work: High Noon · statement is subject of: 25th Academy Awards
Child: Kat Kramer
Casey Kramer
Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy(1970) for work: The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Golden Globe Award for Best Director(1962) for work: Judgment at Nuremberg
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award(1962)
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: pneumonia
Family name: Kramer
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-05
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Related category: Category:Films directed by Stanley Kramer category contains: film directed by this person
Category:Films produced by Stanley Kramer category contains: film produced by this person
Start of work period: 1933
End of work period: 1979
Number of children: 4
Archives at: UCLA Library Special Collections subject named as: Stanley Kramer papers · inventory number: 161 · described at url: oac.cdlib.org
Has works in the collection: Harvard Film Archive
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1.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156450743603941/catalogRetrieved 2023-01-05
2.Stated in HOLLISid.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99157880266703941/catalogRetrieved 2024-07-23
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Place of burial: none
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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Birth name: Stanley Earl Kramer

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