Donen at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2010

Stanley Donen was an American film director and choreographer. He is known for his innovative musicals of the golden age of Hollywood which include Singin' in the Rain (1952), On the Town (1949), Funny Face (1957), It's Always Fair Weather (1955), as well as the romance films Charade (1963), Indiscreet (1958), and Two for the Road (1967).

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Honorary Academy Award — Won [1]

Drama Desk Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Choreography Singin' in the Rain Nominated

Directors Guild Award

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1952 Best Director - Feature Film Singin' in the Rain (with Gene Kelly) Nominated [2]
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Nominated
1957 Funny Face Nominated
1958 Damn Yankees! (with George Abbott) Nominated
1967 Two for the Road Nominated

Film festivals

Cannes Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1957 Palme d'Or Funny Face Nominated

Berlin International Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1979 Silver Bear Movie Movie Nominated

Edinburgh International Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1995 Retrospective
Event
 [3]

Palm Springs Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Director's Achievement Award Won [citation needed]
1999 Lifetime Achievement Award Won [4]

San Francisco Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1995 Akira Kurosawa Award Won [5]

San Sebastián Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1967 Golden Seashell Award Two for the Road Won [6]

Venice Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2004 Golden Lion — Won

Critics awards

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1989 Career Achievement Award — Won

National Board of Review

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1995 Billy Wilder Award — Won

Miscellaneous awards

Awards
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
1989 University of South Carolina Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts Won [7]
1999 Joseph Plateau Awards Life Achievement Award Won [citation needed]
1999 American Cinema Editors Awards Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award Won [8]
2000 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Opus Award Won [9]
2001 Savannah Film Festival Johnny Mercer Award Won [citation needed]
2001 American Society of Cinematographers Awards Board of the Governors Award Won [10]
2009 Boston Pops Orchestra Tribute Performance
Event
 [11]
2009 The Astaire Awards Douglas Watt 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Won [12]
2010 Film Society of Lincoln Center Week-long tribute and retrospective
Event
 [13]
2011 Israel Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Won [14]
2014 Nickelodeon Theatre Month-long tribute and retrospective
Event
 [15]
2015 Marbella International Film Festival Tribute at la Semana Internacional de Cine
Event
 [16]
2017 South Carolina Hall of Fame Inductee Won [17]

References

  1. ^ "Stanley Donen Oscar Speech Lifetime Achievement". IndieWire. 23 February 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Stanley Donen - Awards - IMDB". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Bergan, Ronald (August 17, 1995). "Stanley Donen is miserable; The Edinburgh Festival DAY 5". The Independent. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Musical Man". The Palm Beach Post. April 4, 1999. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "AWARDS/FOUNDER'S DIRECTING AWARD: OLIVER STONE". sffs.org. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Golden Shells". San Sebastián International Film Festival. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (1996). Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies. New York: Knopf. pp. 333–334. ISBN 0-679-41412-6.
  8. ^ "Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada on March 16, 1999 · Page 28". Reno Gazette-Journal. March 16, 1999. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  9. ^ "ASCAP Opus Award Honoring Stanley Donen". The ASCAP Foundation. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  10. ^ "16th Annual ASC Awards — 2001". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  11. ^ "2009 Boston Pops Season To Include Barbara Cook, Linda Eder, Michael Feinstein, The Music of Richard Rodgers and more". OnStage Boston. February 2, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  12. ^ "2009 Astaire Awards Are Presented". theatermania.com. June 1, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  13. ^ "The One, the Only Stanley Donen". Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  14. ^ "Stanley Donen to be honored at New York Israel Film Fest". New York Daily News. April 22, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  15. ^ "Columbia (Finally) Celebrates Stanley Donen, Pioneer of Hollywood Musicals". free-times.com. July 23, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  16. ^ Martin, Lucas (December 19, 2015). "Stanley Donen, de estatua a hombre en la gran Costa". laopiniondemalaga.es (in Spanish). Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  17. ^ "Official South Carolina Hall of Fame Trustees Announce Inductees for 2017" (PDF). South Carolina Hall of Fame. May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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