Filmography and awards of Stanley Donen

Donen in 2010

Stanley Donen (/ˈdɔːnən/ DAWN-ən; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer, and occasionally worked in the American theater. He has directed 28 feature films and worked on various other films or television projects, often as a choreographer. He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Gene Kelly. Shortly afterwards he moved to Hollywood and collaborated with Kelly on numerous films as a chorographer until they became co-directors on his feature film debut On the Town. In 1952 Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. He went on to direct hit films for several decades thereafter, many of which are currently regarded as classics. He has won numerous awards for his life's work, most notably an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004.

Filmography

As director
Year Title Cast Notes
1949 On the Town Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Vera-Ellen Co-directed with Gene Kelly
1951 Royal Wedding Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill
1952 Love Is Better Than Ever Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor
Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen Co-directed with Gene Kelly, also choreographer
Fearless Fagan Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter
1953 Give a Girl a Break Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Helen Wood, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar Also choreographer
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Howard Keel, Jane Powell
Deep in My Heart José Ferrer, Helen Traubel, Merle Oberon
1955 It's Always Fair Weather Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray Co-directed with Gene Kelly, also choreographer
1957 Funny Face Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson
The Pajama Game Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney Co-directed with George Abbott, also producer
Kiss Them for Me Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Ray Walston, Larry Blyden
1958 Indiscreet Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman Also producer
Damn Yankees! Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston Co-directed with George Abbott, also producer
1960 Once More, with Feeling! Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall Also producer
Surprise Package Yul Bryner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward Also producer
The Grass Is Greener Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons Also producer
1963 Charade Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy Also producer
1966 Arabesque Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren Also producer
1967 Two for the Road Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney Also producer
Bedazzled Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch Also producer
1969 Staircase Rex Harrison, Richard Burton Also producer
1974 The Little Prince Steven Warner, Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder Also producer
1975 Lucky Lady Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds
1978 Movie Movie George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Barry Bostwick, George Burns, Michael Kidd, Art Carney Also producer
1980 Saturn 3 Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel Also producer
1984 Blame It on Rio Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper Also producer
1999 Love Letters Steven Weber, Laura Linney Television movie
As choreographer
Year Title Cast Director
1943 Best Foot Forward Lucille Ball, William Gaxton Edward Buzzell
1944 Cover Girl Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly Charles Vidor
Hey, Rookie Ann Miller, Joe Besser, Larry Parks Charles Barton
Jam Session Ann Miller, Jess Barker, Louis Armstrong Charles Barton
Kansas City Kitty Joan Davis, Bob Crosby, Jane Frazee Del Lord
1945 Anchors Aweigh Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson George Sidney
Holiday in Mexico Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, Roddy McDowall George Sidney
1946 No Leave, No Love Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Patricia Kirkwood Charles Martin
1947 Living in a Big Way Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger Gregory La Cava
This Time for Keeps Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante Richard Thorpe
Killer McCoy Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth Roy Rowland
1948 Big City Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas Norman Taurog
A Date with Judy Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Robert Stack Richard Thorpe
The Kissing Bandit Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Ricardo Montalbán, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse Laslo Benedek
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Edward Arnold Busby Berkeley
1951 Double Dynamite Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra Irving Cummings
1953 Sombrero Vittorio Gassman, Nina Foch, Pier Angeli, José Greco Norman Foster
Other work
Year Title Notes Director
1943 Best Foot Forward Chorus dancer Edward Buzzell
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game Co-wrote the original story with Gene Kelly Busby Berkeley
1955 Kismet Uncredited director of the last three days of shooting and one day of re-shoots when director Vincent Minnelli left the production Vincent Minnelli
1986 Moonlighting Television episode: "Big Man on Mulberry Street", directed dance sequences Christian I. Nyby II, Stanley Donen
Dancing on the Ceiling Directed the music video for the Lionel Richie song Stanley Donen
58th Academy Awards Producer of the Academy Awards ceremony Marty Pasetta
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Presenter (U.S. release) Kenneth Branagh
2010 Stanley Donen: You Just Do It Interviewee, documentary feature on Donen's life and career Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg

Stage work

Stage
Dates Title Role/Position Notes
December 25, 1940 – November 29, 1941 Pal Joey Albert Doane, dancer
October 1, 1941 – July 4, 1942 Best Foot Forward Ensemble, dancing boy, assistant choreography
October 14, 1942 – December 12, 1942 Beat the Band Stage manager, assistant choreographer
April 18, 1946 – January 10, 1948 Call Me Mister Additional choreography Uncredited
July 2, 1985 – May 18, 1986 Singin' in the Rain Original film choreography
December 16, 1993 – December 19, 1993 The Red Shoes Director
December 11, 2002 – April 13, 2003 Adult Entertainment Director, choreographer Written by Elaine May

Awards and honors

Awards
Year Organization Award Result
1952 Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director, Singin' in the Rain (with Gene Kelly) Nominated
1954 Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Nominated
1957 Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director, Funny Face Nominated
1958 Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director, Damn Yankees! (with George Abbott) Nominated
1967 Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director, Two for the Road Nominated
1967 San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Seashell Award, Two for the Road Won
1986 Drama Desk Award Best Choreography (original version), Singin' in the Rain Nominated
1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Career Achievement Award Won
1989 University of South Carolina Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts Won
1995 National Board of Review Billy Wilder Award Won
1995 San Francisco International Film Festival Akira Kurosawa Award Won
1995 Edinburgh International Festival Retrospective
Event
1996 Palm Springs International Film Festival Director's Achievement Award Won
1998 Academy Awards Academy Honorary Award Won
1999 Palm Beach International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Won
1999 Joseph Plateau Awards Life Achievement Award Won
1999 American Cinema Editors Awards Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award Won
2000 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Opus Award Won
2001 Savannah Film Festival Johnny Mercer Award Won
2002 American Society of Cinematographers Awards Board of the Governors Award Won
2004 Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion Won
2007 Boston Pops Orchestra Tribute Performance
Event
2009 The Astaire Awards Douglas Watt 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2010 Film Society of Lincoln Center Week-long tribute and retrospective
Event
2011 Israel Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2014 Nickelodeon Theatre Month-long tribute and retrospective
Event
2015 Marbella International Film Festival Tribute at la Semana Internacional de Cine
Event

References

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