- Born
- Birth nameGeorge Cooper Stevens Jr.
- George Stevens Jr. was born on April 3, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Separate But Equal (1991), George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) and The Thin Red Line (1998). He has been married to Elizabeth Polk Guest since July 5, 1965. They have two children.
- SpouseElizabeth Polk Guest(July 5, 1965 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesLanders Stevens(Grandparent)Georgie Cooper(Grandparent)Alice Howell(Grandparent)Georgia Woodthorpe(Great Grandparent)
- Founding director, American Film Institute
- Son of George Stevens and Yvonne Howell.
- Wrote and produced two television movies, 20 years apart, but with totally different stories, both of which had Thurgood Marshall as the central, real life, character. The first was Separate But Equal (1991), and the second was Thurgood (2011).
- Was saved from drowning in a pool by Johnny Weissmuller.
- A 1962 encounter with Edward R. Murrow led him to produce 300 short documentaries a year for the United States Information Agency.
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