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Stanley Kramer

Highest Rated: 100% Death of a Salesman (1951)

Lowest Rated: 10% Not as a Stranger (1955)

Birthday: Sep 29, 1913

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Stanley Kramer made his reputation during the 1950s and 60s as one of the few producers and directors willing to tackle issues most studios sought to avoid, such as racism, the Holocaust and nuclear annihilation. He came to Hollywood an aspiring writer and hooked on with MGM, working first as a scenery mover and carpenter and then in their research department before spending three years there as an editor. He wrote for radio as well as for Columbia and Republic Studios for awhile, but it was as a strong-willed independent producer that Kramer would finally make his mark. Though his first feature ("So This Is New York," 1948) flopped, he hit his stride with his next one, the intense and exciting anti-boxing pic "Champion" (1949), which propelled Kirk Douglas to stardom and launched Mark Robson's career as an important director.

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Highest rated movies

100% 77% Death of a Salesman
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95% 89% High Noon
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95% 87% The Caine Mutiny
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94% 74% Champion
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93% 93% Judgment at Nuremberg
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93% 91% Inherit the Wind
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92% 73% A Child Is Waiting
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90% 88% The Defiant Ones
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86% 55% The Member of the Wedding
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83% 74% The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
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Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer THE CAINE MUTINY, from left, front, producer Stanley Kramer, Van Johnson, technical advisor James Shaw, on location in Pearl Harbor, 1954 THE CAINE MUTINY, from left, Van Johnson, producer Stanley Kramer, on location in Pearl Harbor, 1954 INHERIT THE WIND, director Stanley Kramer, Spencer Tracy on set, 1961 ON THE BEACH, Ava Gardner, director Stanley Kramer on set, 1959 JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, from left, director Stanley Kramer, Burt Lancaster, 1961 THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA, from left, Anthony Quinn, director Stanley Kramer, on location in Italy, 1969 NOT AS A STRANGER, Robert Mitchum, director Stanley Kramer on set, 1955 BLESS THE BEASTS & CHILDREN, director Stanley Kramer (l.), Billy Mumy (r.), 1971 IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, Sid Caesar, Edie Adams, Director Stanley Kramer, 1963 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
50% No Score Yet The Runner Stumbles Director - 1979
14% 19% The Domino Principle Director,
Producer 		- 1977
No Score Yet 20% Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley Director - 1975
No Score Yet 30% Oklahoma Crude Director,
Producer 		- 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pozo del Odio Director - 1973
No Score Yet 70% Bless the Beasts and Children Director,
Producer 		- 1971
No Score Yet 38% R.P.M. Director - 1970
75% 83% The Secret of Santa Vittoria Director,
Producer 		- 1969
71% 85% Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Director,
Producer 		- 1967
63% 76% Ship of Fools Director,
Producer 		- 1965
92% 73% A Child Is Waiting Producer - 1963
69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Director,
Producer 		- 1963
No Score Yet 76% Pressure Point Producer - 1962
93% 93% Judgment at Nuremberg Director,
Producer 		- 1961
93% 91% Inherit the Wind Director,
Producer 		- 1960
77% 69% On the Beach Director,
Producer 		- 1959
90% 88% The Defiant Ones Director,
Producer 		- 1958
20% 25% The Pride and the Passion Director,
Producer 		- 1957
10% 53% Not as a Stranger Director,
Producer 		- 1955
95% 87% The Caine Mutiny Producer - 1954
75% 71% The Wild One Producer - 1953
83% 74% The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Producer - 1953
95% 89% High Noon Producer - 1952
No Score Yet 33% Eight Iron Men Producer - 1952
82% 63% The Sniper Producer - 1952
No Score Yet 74% The Happy Time Producer - 1952
86% 55% The Member of the Wedding Producer - 1952
100% 77% Death of a Salesman Producer - 1951
79% 72% The Men Producer - 1950
74% 81% Cyrano de Bergerac Producer - 1950
94% 74% Champion Producer - 1949

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1969 1973