As an independent producer and director, Stanley Kramer distinguished himself and his films by bringing 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. Despite the controversial subjects of his films, many of which received mixed reviews, the film industry nonetheless recognized their importance and quality during most of his career, awarding his films fifteen Academy Awards and eighty-five nominations. He was nominated nine times as either producer or director. In 1961 the Academy recognized his contribution to American Cinema by awading him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He directed 14 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Oskar Werner, Michael Dunn, Simone Signoret, Katharine Hepburn, Cecil Kellaway and Beah Richards. Hepburn and Schell won Oscars for their performances in one of Kramer's movies.
Click the Film Title for IMDb Information1948 So This Is New York 1949 Champion 1949 Home of the Brave 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac 1950 The Men 1951 Death of a Salesman 1952 Eight Iron Men 1952 High Noon 1952 My Six Convicts 1952 The Four Poster 1952 The Happy Time 1952 The Member of the Wedding 1952 The Sniper 1953 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953 The Juggler 1953 The Wild One 1954 The Caine Mutiny 1955 Not as a Stranger 1957 The Pride and the Passion 1958 The Defiant Ones 1959 On the Beach 1960 Inherit the Wind 1962 Pressure Point 1963 A Child Is Waiting 1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1965 Ship of Fools 1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria 1970 R.P.M. 1971 Bless the Beasts & Children 1973 Oklahoma Crude 1977 The Domino Principle 1979 The Runner Stumbles
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