Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 04, 1916
Died
May 05, 2002
Place of Birth
Long Island City, New York, USA
Credits
58 titles
George Sidney
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Sidney (October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002) was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sidney was assigned to direct the Our Gang comedies in 1938. After a year of working on these shorts, he moved on to the Crime Does Not Pay series and popular Pete Smith specialties. He graduated to directing features in 1941. He then worked his way into directing large scale musicals such as The Harvey Girls (1946), The Three Musketeers (1948), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and Kiss Me Kate (1953). Sidney left MGM to make The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) at Columbia Pictures, where he made his base for the next decade for such films as Jeanne Eagels (1957), Pal Joey (1957), Who Was That Lady? (1960), Pepe (1960), and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He would return to MGM to film A Ticklish Affair (1963) and Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas (1964). His last film was Half a Sixpence (1967). Sidney was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award four times, starting with the lush Technicolor remake of Show Boat. In 1958 he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment through Musical Films. For his work in the art of cinema, George Sidney was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For
Filmography
Filmmakers in Action
Self (archive footage)
Rita
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
The Republic Pictures Story
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Thanks
Half a Sixpence
Director
The Swinger
Director
Viva Las Vegas
Producer
A Ticklish Affair
Director
Bye Bye Birdie
Director
Pepe
Director
Who Was That Lady?
Director
The Donna Reed Show
Pal Joey
Director
Jeanne Eagels
Director
The Eddy Duchin Story
Director
Jupiter's Darling
Director
Kiss Me Kate
Director
Young Bess
Director
The Oscars
Producer
Scaramouche
Director
Show Boat
Director
Annie Get Your Gun
Director
Key to the City
Director
The Red Danube
Director
The Three Musketeers
Director
Cass Timberlane
Director
Holiday in Mexico
Director
The Harvey Girls
Director
Ziegfeld Follies
Director
Anchors Aweigh
Director
Bathing Beauty
Director
Thousands Cheer
Director
Pilot #5
Director
Pacific Rendezvous
Director
Flicker Memories
Director
Of Pups and Puzzles
Director
Willie and the Mouse
Director
Third Dimensional Murder
Director
Free and Easy
Director
Quicker'n a Wink
Director
'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
Director
Dog Daze
Director
Hollywood Hobbies
Director
Cousin Wilbur
Director
Clown Princes
Director
Love on Tap
Director
Duel Personalities
Director
Tiny Troubles
Director
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Director