- Born Name: George Dewey Cukor
- Birthday: 1899-07-07 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Medium: Director
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George Cukor, George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936).He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Adams Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s.