Profile
George Sidney
Film Director and Producer
Male
Born
Oct 4, 1916
Hometown
Long Island City,...
Died
May 5, 2002
Death Place
Las Vegas, Nevada
George Sidney was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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CHILDHOOD
1916
Birth
Born on October 4, 1916.
TWENTIES
1938
21 Years Old
Born in Long Island City, New York, Sidney began his career as an assistant at MGM until being assigned to direct the Our Gang comedies, which MGM had just acquired from Hal Roach, in 1938.
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FORTIES
1957
40 Years Old
After MGM closed its animation studio in 1957, Sidney helped Hanna and Barbera form a deal with Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures, to form the successful television animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions, for which Sidney served as President/CEO for ten years, and was the majority shareholder in the company.
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1958
41 Years Old
Sidney was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award four times, starting with the lush Technicolor remake of Show Boat. In 1958 he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment through Musical Films.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2002
86 Years Old
Died on May 5, 2002.
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