About
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.
Filmography
The Shaggy D.A.1976 · Director
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · Director
The Island at the Top of the World1974 · Director
Herbie Rides Again1974 · Director
Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971 · Director
My Dog, the Thief1969 · Director
The Love Bug1968 · Director
Blackbeard's Ghost1968 · Director
The Gnome-Mobile1967 · Director
That Darn Cat!1965 · Director
The Monkey's Uncle1965 · Director
Mary Poppins1964 · Director
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones1964 · Director
Son of Flubber1963 · Director
In Search of the Castaways1962 · Director
The Absent-Minded Professor1961 · Director
Kidnapped1960 · Director, Writer
Darby O'Gill and the Little People1959 · Director
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns1959 · Director
Old Yeller1957 · Director