George Stevens implored his powerful friends, including Vernon Jordan and former Kennedy Center chairman Jim Johnson, to intercede with the board. Jordan declined to confirm or deny the request.

George Stevens Jr.: Well, he was — for me, this change of leaving Hollywood and having this invitation to come be part of the new frontier, Kennedy's most exciting time to be in government.

American Film Institute founder and Kennedy Center Honors creator George Stevens Jr. is adding another chapter to film history by donating hundreds of items spanning five generations of his family ...

George Stevens Jr. Looks Back on His Famous Director Dad – and His Own Work in Film (Guest Blog) “To see John F. Kennedy, in color, walk into a room, was much more memorable than meeting any ...

When George Stevens Jr. was a boy, he was enthralled with Jack Schaefer’s western novel “Shane”--so much so that he shared his excitement one evening with his father, Oscar-winning director ...

George Stevens père also went to war, heading up the motion picture unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps toward the end of World War II. In other words, ...

George Stevens Jr., son of legendary filmmaker George Stevens, excitedly sifts through files from the infancy of his own professional baby — the American Film Institute — cracking a smile as ...

AFI Founder George Stevens Jr.’s Memoir Spans Hollywood and Washington. The 90-year-old filmmaker and producer, who also founded the Kennedy Center Honors, has carved out a life outside the ...

George Stevens Jr. was brought into the family business as a teenager when he worked as a production assistant on the 1953 Western classic “Shane,” which his father, George Stevens, was ...