George Sidney

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1916-10-04

Deathday 2002-05-05 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Long Island City, New York, USA

Also Known As Джордж Сидни

George Sidney

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Director

1967
Half a Sixpence

as Director

1966
The Swinger

as Director

1964
Viva Las Vegas

as Director

1963
Bye Bye Birdie

as Director

1963
A Ticklish Affair

as Director

1960
Pepe

as Director

1960
Who Was That Lady?

as Director

1957
Pal Joey

as Director

1957
Jeanne Eagels

as Director

1956
1955
Jupiter's Darling

as Director

1953
Kiss Me, Kate

as Director

1953
Young Bess

as Director

1952
Scaramouche

as Director

1951
Show Boat

as Director

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Director

1950
Key to the City

as Director

1949
The Red Danube

as Director

1948
1947
Cass Timberlane

as Director

1946
Holiday in Mexico

as Director

1946
The Harvey Girls

as Director

1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Director

1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Director

1944
Bathing Beauty

as Director

1943
Thousands Cheer

as Director

1943
Pilot #5

as Director

1942
Pacific Rendezvous

as Director

1941
1941
Flicker Memories

as Director

1941
1941
Free and Easy

as Director

1941
1940
Quicker'n a Wink

as Director

1939
Hollywood Hobbies

as Director

1939
Love on Tap

as Director

1939
Dog Daze

as Director

1939
Tiny Troubles

as Director

1939
Clown Princes

as Director

1939
Alfalfa's Aunt

as Director

1939
Cousin Wilbur

as Director

1939
Duel Personalities

as Director

1938
Party Fever

as Director

1938
Practical Jokers

as Director

1938
Football Romeo

as Director

1938
Men in Fright

as Director

1937
Pacific Paradise

as Director

Producer

1967
Half a Sixpence

as Producer

1966
The Swinger

as Producer

1964
Viva Las Vegas

as Producer

1963
Bye Bye Birdie

as Producer

1960
Pepe

as Producer

1957
Jeanne Eagels

as Producer

1953
The Oscars

as Producer

1936
Every Sunday

as Producer

Actor

2006
Filmmakers in Action

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Rita

as Self