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
1954	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
1958	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
1967	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
1945	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

External links

Films directed by Stanley Donen

On the Town (1949)
Royal Wedding (1951)
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Fearless Fagan (1952)
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Funny Face (1957)
The Pajama Game (1957)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Indiscreet (1958)
Damn Yankees (1958)
Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
Surprise Package (1960)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
Charade (1963)
Arabesque (1966)
Two for the Road (1967)
Bedazzled (1967)
Staircase (1969)
The Little Prince (1974)
Lucky Lady (1975)
Movie Movie (1978)
Saturn 3 (1980)
Blame It on Rio (1984)
Love Letters (1999)

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