Norman Taurog

AKA: Norman Rae Taurog, Норман Торог, Норман Таурог
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1899-02-23

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter. Between 1920 and 1968, Taurog directed over 140 films, and directed Elvis Presley in nine films, more movies than any other director. He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Director for the film Skippy and held the record as the youngest director (32) to win for 86 years. He was later nominated for Best Director for the 1938 film, Boys Town. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Norman Taurog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.

Crew Roles

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Director
Pardners
Director
We're Not Dressing
Director
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Director
Motor Mad
Director
Girl Crazy
Director
Boys Town
Director
Bundle of Joy
Director
Jumping Jacks
Director
Palm Springs Weekend
Director
Words and Music
Director
The Caddy
Director
Presenting Lily Mars
Director
Mad About Music
Director
Living It Up
Director
Broadway Melody of 1940
Director
Little Nellie Kelly
Director
Double Trouble
Director
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Director
Blue Hawaii
Director
Room for One More
Director
G.I. Blues
Director
Tickle Me
Director
Live a Little, Love a Little
Director
Spinout
Director
Speedway
Director
Rhythm on the Range
Director
The Toast of New Orleans
Director
You're Never Too Young
Director
Young Tom Edison
Director
Sergeant Deadhead
Director
The Hoodlum Saint
Director
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Director
The Beginning or the End
Director
Skippy
Director
That Midnight Kiss
Director
The Stooge
Director
Hold 'Em Jail
Director
Please Believe Me
Director
The Sawmill
Director
A Yank at Eton
Director
Men of Boys Town
Director
Visit to a Small Planet
Director
Design for Scandal
Director
If I Had a Million
Director
All Hands on Deck
Director
A Bedtime Story
Director
The Bride Goes Wild
Director
Don't Give Up the Ship
Director
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Director
Rich, Young and Pretty
Director
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Director
The Birds and the Bees
Director
Strike Me Pink
Director
Aladdin
Director
Onionhead
Director
A Pair of Kings
Writer
The Phantom President
Director
The Stars Are Singing
Director
Blazing Away
Director
Cab Waiting
Director
The Suitor
Director
The Fly-Cop
Director
The Hick
Director
Lucky Night
Director
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Director
In Holland
Director
Move Along
Director
The Bakery
Director
The Rent Collector
Director
The Bell Hop
Director
The Sportsman
Director
The Fall Guy
Director
Howdy Duke
Director
Papa's Boy
Director
A Pair of Kings
Director
Somebody's Fault
Director
Breezing Along
Director
The Cloudhopper
Director
Meet the Boy Friend
Director
Plastered
Director
Song Service
Director
The Girl Downstairs
Director
Hot Curves
Director
Andy's Stump Speech
Director
Sunny Skies
Director
It Might Be Worse
Director
Are Husbands Necessary?
Director
Big City
Director
Fast and Furious
Director
Troopers Three
Director
Finn and Hattie
Director
Follow the Leader
Director
The Draw-Back
Director
Nobody's Business
Director
You Can't Have Everything
Director
Oh! What a Day!
Director
Reunion
Director
Huckleberry Finn
Director
It Happened at the World's Fair
Director
School Days
Director
Move Along
Writer
Movieland
Director
Below Zero
Director
What a Night!
Director
The Sawmill
Writer
College Rhythm
Director
The Bell Hop
Story
Newly Rich
Director
Creeps
Director
Lucky Boy
Director
Honest Injun
Director
School Days
Writer
Careful Please
Director
Careful Please
Writer
A Home Made Man
Director
A Home Made Man
Scenario Writer
Fifty Roads to Town
Director
The Yankee Spirit
Director
Drama Deluxe
Director
The Show
Director
The Way to Love
Director
Cheap Skates
Director
The Stage Hand
Director
The Stage Hand
Writer
The Rent Collector
Writer
The Bakery
Writer
The Fall Guy
Story
The Show
Writer
Sooky
Director
Flying Finance
Director
Who's My Wife?
Story
Who's My Wife?
Scenario Writer
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