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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% 87% The Caine Mutiny
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95% 89% High Noon
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94% 73% 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% 56% 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

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The Runner Stumbles 50% 1979 Director The Domino Principle 14% 19% 1977 Director, Producer Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley 20% 1975 Director Oklahoma Crude 33% 1973 Director, Producer Pozo del Odio 1973 Director Bless the Beasts and Children 70% 1971 Director, Producer R.P.M. 38% 1970 Director The Secret of Santa Vittoria 75% 84% 1969 Director, Producer Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 71% 85% 1967 Director, Producer Ship of Fools 63% 76% 1965 Director, Producer A Child Is Waiting 92% 73% 1963 Producer It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 69% 83% 1963 Director, Producer Pressure Point 75% 1962 Producer Judgment at Nuremberg 93% 93% 1961 Director, Producer Inherit the Wind 93% 91% 1960 Director, Producer On the Beach 77% 69% 1959 Director, Producer The Defiant Ones 90% 88% 1958 Director, Producer The Pride and the Passion 20% 25% 1957 Director, Producer Not as a Stranger 10% 53% 1955 Director, Producer The Caine Mutiny 95% 87% 1954 Producer The Wild One 75% 71% 1953 Producer The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 83% 74% 1953 Producer High Noon 95% 89% 1952 Producer Eight Iron Men 33% 1952 Producer The Sniper 82% 64% 1952 Producer
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