Robert Stevenson
Born: 1905-03-31 Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: 1986-04-30
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received a nomination for Best Director Oscar. Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie ...
Acting (in our collection)
Where Danger Lives
(1950)
Directing (in our collection)
The Shaggy D.A.
(1976)
Herbie Rides Again
(1974)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(1971)
Blackbeard's Ghost
(1968)
The Love Bug
(1968)
That Darn Cat!
(1965)
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Son of Flubber
(1963)
In Search of the Castaways
(1962)
The Absent-Minded Professor
(1961)
Johnny Tremain
(1957)
Old Yeller
(1957)