Robert Edward Stevenson (31 March 1905 â€" 30 April 1986) was an
English film screenwriter, director and actor.After directing a number
of British films, including King Solomon's Mines (1937), he was
contracted by David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood, but was loaned
to other studios, directing Jane Eyre (1943). He directed 19 films for
The Walt Disney Company in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. 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. His other Disney films
include 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.Having attended
Shrewsbury School, Stevenson won a scholarship to study at St John's
College, Cambridge. There he won the John Bernard Seely Prize for
Aeronautics, and in 1927 graduated with a first-class MA (Cantab)
degree in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos (engineering). He was also
president of the university's Liberal Club, editor of the student
Granta magazine, and while conducting postgraduate research in
psychology he was elected president of the prestigious Cambridge Union
Society. On leaving Cambridge, his parents gave him six weeks to find
a job, and he gained employment as the assistant of Michael Balcon.
English film screenwriter, director and actor.After directing a number
of British films, including King Solomon's Mines (1937), he was
contracted by David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood, but was loaned
to other studios, directing Jane Eyre (1943). He directed 19 films for
The Walt Disney Company in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. 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. His other Disney films
include 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.Having attended
Shrewsbury School, Stevenson won a scholarship to study at St John's
College, Cambridge. There he won the John Bernard Seely Prize for
Aeronautics, and in 1927 graduated with a first-class MA (Cantab)
degree in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos (engineering). He was also
president of the university's Liberal Club, editor of the student
Granta magazine, and while conducting postgraduate research in
psychology he was elected president of the prestigious Cambridge Union
Society. On leaving Cambridge, his parents gave him six weeks to find
a job, and he gained employment as the assistant of Michael Balcon.
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