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Stanley Kramer

Producer

Stanley Kramer

Born September 29, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, United StatesDied February 19, 200138 films

Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies. His notable films include 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), Ship of Fools (1965) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). His work was recognized with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1961, and over the course of his career he received nine Academy Award nominations.

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Director Steven Spielberg once described him as "one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world." Film critic David Thomson described Kramer as a "hero of the 1950s" and an "enterprising producer," but also wrote of his later films that "commercialism, of the most crass and confusing kind, has devitalised all [of] his projects".

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Judgment at Nuremberg posterFirst watchJudgment at Nuremberg19618.0In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
High Noon poster7.7High Noon1952Guess Who's Coming to Dinner poster7.6Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967Inherit the Wind poster7.7Inherit the Wind1960It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster7.0It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963The Caine Mutiny poster7.2The Caine Mutiny1954The Defiant Ones poster7.1The Defiant Ones1958The Wild One poster6.5The Wild One1953On the Beach poster6.7On the Beach1959

Filmography

38 films
  1. 1979The Runner StumblesProducer
  2. 1977The Domino PrincipleProducer
  3. 1975Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William CalleyProducer
  4. 1974Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General YamashitaProducer
  5. 1974Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel RosenbergProducer
  6. 1973Oklahoma CrudeProducer
  7. 1971Bless the Beasts & ChildrenProducer
  8. 1970R.P.M.Producer
  9. 1970The Secret of Santa VittoriaProducer
  10. 1967Guess Who's Coming to DinnerProducer
  11. 1965Ship of FoolsProducer
  12. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldProducer
  13. 1963A Child Is WaitingProducer
  14. 1962Pressure PointProducer
  15. 1961Judgment at NurembergProducer
  16. 1960Inherit the WindProducer
  17. 1959On the BeachProducer
  18. 1958The Defiant OnesProducer
  19. 1957The Pride and the PassionProducer
  20. 1955Not as a StrangerProducer
  21. 1954The Caine MutinyProducer
  22. 1953The Wild OneProducer
  23. 1953The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Producer
  24. 1953The JugglerProducer
  25. 1952The Member of the WeddingProducer
  26. 1952Eight Iron MenProducer
  27. 1952The Happy TimeProducer
  28. 1952The Four PosterProducer
  29. 1952High NoonProducer
  30. 1952The SniperProducer
  31. 1952My Six ConvictsProducer
  32. 1951Death of a SalesmanProducer
  33. 1950Cyrano de BergeracProducer
  34. 1950The MenProducer
  35. 1949Home of the BraveProducer
  36. 1949ChampionProducer
  37. 1948So This Is New YorkProducer
  38. 1942The Moon and SixpenceProducer