Stanley Kramer

Stanley Earl Kramer September 29 1913 February 19 2001 was an American film director and producer responsible for some of Hollywoods most famous message movies His notable films include The Defiant Ones 1958 On the Beach 1959 Inherit the Wind 1960 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 Ship of Fools 1965 and Guess Whos 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 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Kramer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia