
Robert Stevenson
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday31 March 1905
Died30 April 1986 (age 81)
Place of birthBuxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Known credits79
Biography
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 wif…

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
2002 · Self (archive footage)

The Shaggy D.A.
1976 · Director

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Director

The Island at the Top of the World
1974 · Director

Herbie Rides Again
1974 · Director

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Director

My Dog, the Thief
1969 · Director

The Love Bug
1968 · Director

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Director

The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Director

That Darn Cat!
1965 · Director

The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · Director

Mary Poppins
1964 · Director

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964 · Director

Son of Flubber
1963 · Director

In Search of the Castaways
1962 · Director

The Wonderful World of Disney
1961 · Director

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · Director

Kidnapped
1960 · Director

Kidnapped
1960 · Writer

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 · Director

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959 · Director

Old Yeller
1957 · Director

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
1957 · Director

Zorro
1957 · Director

Johnny Tremain
1957 · Director

The Liberty Story
1957 · Director
On Trial
1956 · Director

The Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Director

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Director

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Director

Gunsmoke
1955 · Director

The Star and the Story
1955 · Director

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955 · Director
Heart of Gold
1953 · Director

General Electric Theater
1953 · Director

Cavalcade of America
1952 · Director

Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Co-Pilot

Macao
1952 · Co-Director

The Las Vegas Story
1952 · Director

My Forbidden Past
1951 · Director

Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Director

The Woman on Pier 13
1950 · Director

To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Director

Dishonored Lady
1947 · Director

Know Your Ally: Britain
1944 · Director

Jane Eyre
1943 · Director

Jane Eyre
1943 · Screenplay
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