Robert Stevenson (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Stevenson (director)

British film director

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1905

Place of Birth: Buxton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1986

Profession: screenwriter, journalist, film director, film producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert Edward Stevenson (31 March 1905 – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. After directing a number of British films, including King Solomon's Mines (1937), he was given a contract by David O.
Selznick and moved to Hollywood in the 1940s.
He ended up directing 19 films for the Walt Disney Company in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, becoming the most commercially successful director in the history of film.
Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins (1964), for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson was nominated for Best Director.
With Disney, he also directed the first two Herbie films, The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Rides Again (1974), as well as Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).
Three of his films featured English actor David Tomlinson.