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 1998Honorary Academy Award
Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Choreography Singin' in the Rain
Directors Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1952 Best Director - Feature FilmSingin' in the Rain (with Gene Kelly) 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1957Funny Face 1958Damn Yankees! (with George Abbott) 1967Two for the Road
Film festivals Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1957 Palme d'Or Funny Face
Berlin International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1979 Silver Bear Movie Movie
Edinburgh International Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Retrospective
Palm Springs Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Director's Achievement Award 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award
San Francisco Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Akira Kurosawa Award
San Sebastián Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1967 Golden Seashell Award Two for the Road
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Golden Lion
Critics awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 1989 Career Achievement Award
National Board of Review Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Billy Wilder Award
Miscellaneous awards AwardsYearOrganizationAward Result 1989 University of South Carolina Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts 1999 Joseph Plateau Awards Life Achievement Award 1999 American Cinema Editors Awards Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award 2000 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Opus Award 2001 Savannah Film Festival Johnny Mercer Award 2001 American Society of Cinematographers Awards Board of the Governors Award 2009 Boston Pops Orchestra Tribute Performance 2009 The Astaire Awards Douglas Watt 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 Film Society of Lincoln Center Week-long tribute and retrospective 2011 Israel Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 Nickelodeon Theatre Month-long tribute and retrospective 2015 Marbella International Film Festival Tribute at la Semana Internacional de Cine 2017 South Carolina Hall of Fame Inductee
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