Norman Taurog

Directing

February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981 (died at 82)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Male

139 Movies

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.

The Fly-Cop

1920 5.6

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Age 21 (now 82)

Blue Hawaii

1961 6.0

Director

Age 62 (now 82)

Boys Town

1938 6.8

Director

Age 39 (now 82)

G.I. Blues

1960 6.5

Director

Age 61 (now 82)

Pardners

1956 6.7

Director

Age 57 (now 82)

The Caddy

1953 6.4

Director

Age 54 (now 82)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938 6.6

Director

Age 38 (now 82)

You're Never Too Young

1955 6.6

Director

Age 56 (now 82)

Room for One More

1952 6.5

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1962 5.5

Director

Age 63 (now 82)

If I Had a Million

1932 6.6

Director

Age 33 (now 82)

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963 5.8

Director

Age 64 (now 82)

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940 6.8

Director

Age 40 (now 82)

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

1965 5.2

Director

Age 66 (now 82)

The Stooge

1951 6.7

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

Speedway

1968 5.9

Director

Age 69 (now 82)

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004 8.3

as Self - Director (archive sound)

Age 105 (now 82)

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

2003 7.0

Age 103 (now 82)

This Is Elvis

1981 7.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 82

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968 5.6

Director

Age 69 (now 82)

Speedway

1968 5.9

Director

Age 69 (now 82)

Double Trouble

1967 5.0

Director

Age 68 (now 82)

Spinout

1966 5.6

Director

Age 67 (now 82)

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

1965 5.2

Director

Age 66 (now 82)

Sergeant Deadhead

1965 5.3

Director

Age 66 (now 82)

Tickle Me

1965 6.0

Director

Age 66 (now 82)

Palm Springs Weekend

1963 5.0

Director

Age 64 (now 82)

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963 5.8

Director

Age 64 (now 82)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1962 5.5

Director

Age 63 (now 82)

Blue Hawaii

1961 6.0

Director

Age 62 (now 82)

All Hands on Deck

1961 7.0

Director

Age 62 (now 82)

G.I. Blues

1960 6.5

Director

Age 61 (now 82)

Visit to a Small Planet

1960 5.3

Director

Age 60 (now 82)

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959 6.4

Director

Age 60 (now 82)

Onionhead

1958 5.5

Director

Age 59 (now 82)

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

1957 6.0

Director

Age 58 (now 82)

Bundle of Joy

1956 6.4

Director

Age 57 (now 82)

Pardners

1956 6.7

Director

Age 57 (now 82)

The Birds and the Bees

1956 7.4

Director

Age 57 (now 82)

You're Never Too Young

1955 6.6

Director

Age 56 (now 82)

Living It Up

1954 6.5

Director

Age 55 (now 82)

The Caddy

1953 6.4

Director

Age 54 (now 82)

The Stars Are Singing

1953 5.2

Director

Age 54 (now 82)

Jumping Jacks

1952 6.5

Director

Age 53 (now 82)

Room for One More

1952 6.5

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

The Stooge

1951 6.7

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

Rich, Young and Pretty

1951 5.6

Director

Age 52 (now 82)

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950 7.0

Director

Age 51 (now 82)

The Toast of New Orleans

1950 5.2

Director

Age 51 (now 82)

Please Believe Me

1950 5.1

Director

Age 51 (now 82)

That Midnight Kiss

1949 6.3

Director

Age 50 (now 82)

Words and Music

1948 5.8

Director

Age 49 (now 82)

Big City

1948 7.8

Director

Age 49 (now 82)

The Bride Goes Wild

1948 6.7

Director

Age 49 (now 82)

The Beginning or the End

1947 6.4

Director

Age 47 (now 82)

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 5.5

Director

Age 47 (now 82)

Girl Crazy

1943 5.6

Director

Age 44 (now 82)

Presenting Lily Mars

1943 6.4

Director

Age 44 (now 82)

A Yank at Eton

1942 6.1

Director

Age 43 (now 82)

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942 7.0

Director

Age 43 (now 82)

Design for Scandal

1941 5.1

Director

Age 42 (now 82)

Men of Boys Town

1941 6.4

Director

Age 42 (now 82)

Little Nellie Kelly

1940 6.8

Director

Age 41 (now 82)

Young Tom Edison

1940 5.9

Director

Age 41 (now 82)

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940 6.8

Director

Age 40 (now 82)

Lucky Night

1939 6.8

Director

Age 40 (now 82)

The Girl Downstairs

1938 4.7

Director

Age 39 (now 82)

Boys Town

1938 6.8

Director

Age 39 (now 82)

Mad About Music

1938 7.0

Director

Age 39 (now 82)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938 6.6

Director

Age 38 (now 82)

You Can't Have Everything

1937 6.5

Director

Age 38 (now 82)

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 10.0

Director

Age 38 (now 82)

Reunion

1936 7.0

Director

Age 37 (now 82)

Rhythm on the Range

1936 5.5

Director

Age 37 (now 82)

Strike Me Pink

1936 6.6

Director

Age 36 (now 82)

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935 5.8

Director

Age 36 (now 82)

College Rhythm

1934 5.6

Director

Age 35 (now 82)

Hollywood Rhythm

1934 8.0

Age 35 (now 82)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934 6.0

Director

Age 35 (now 82)

We're Not Dressing

1934 6.7

Director

Age 35 (now 82)

The Way to Love

1933 8.0

Director

Age 34 (now 82)

A Bedtime Story

1933 5.7

Director

Age 34 (now 82)

If I Had a Million

1932 6.6

Director

Age 33 (now 82)

The Phantom President

1932 6.4

Director

Age 33 (now 82)

Hold 'Em Jail

1932 7.4

Director

Age 33 (now 82)

Sooky

1931 5.0

Director

Age 32 (now 82)

Huckleberry Finn

1931 7.0

Director

Age 32 (now 82)

Newly Rich

1931 4.3

Director

Age 32 (now 82)

Cab Waiting

1931 10.0

Director

Age 32 (now 82)

Skippy

1931 6.2

Director

Age 32 (now 82)

Finn and Hattie

1931 6.3

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

It Might Be Worse

1931 5.4

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Follow the Leader

1930 4.9

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Song Service

1930 10.0

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Hot Curves

1930 6.8

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Sunny Skies

1930 4.9

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Plastered

1930 4.2

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Meet the Boy Friend

1930 6.5

Director

Age 31 (now 82)

Troopers Three

1930 7.0

Director

Age 30 (now 82)

In Holland

1929 7.0

Director

Age 29 (now 82)

Lucky Boy

1929 5.3

Director

Age 29 (now 82)

A Home Made Man

1928 7.0

Director

Age 29 (now 82)

A Home Made Man

1928 7.0

Scenario Writer

Age 29 (now 82)

Blazing Away

1928 9.0

Director

Age 29 (now 82)

Papa's Boy

1927 6.5

Director

Age 28 (now 82)

Breezing Along

1927 4.7

Director

Age 28 (now 82)

The Draw-Back

1927 7.3

Director

Age 28 (now 82)

Somebody's Fault

1927 7.0

Director

Age 28 (now 82)

Drama Deluxe

1927 4.0

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Howdy Duke

1927 5.0

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Movieland

1926 3.8

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Move Along

1926 6.6

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Move Along

1926 6.6

Writer

Age 27 (now 82)

Honest Injun

1926 8.0

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Who's My Wife?

1926 7.0

Story

Age 27 (now 82)

Who's My Wife?

1926 7.0

Scenario Writer

Age 27 (now 82)

Creeps

1926

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Nobody's Business

1926 7.0

Director

Age 27 (now 82)

Careful Please

1926 10.0

Writer

Age 26 (now 82)

Careful Please

1926 10.0

Director

Age 26 (now 82)

Cheap Skates

1925 9.0

Director

Age 26 (now 82)

Below Zero

1925 10.0

Director

Age 26 (now 82)

The Cloudhopper

1925 5.7

Director

Age 26 (now 82)

Motor Mad

1924

Director

Age 25 (now 82)

What a Night!

1924 9.0

Director

Age 25 (now 82)

Andy's Stump Speech

1924 8.0

Director

Age 25 (now 82)

Fast and Furious

1924 4.7

Director

Age 25 (now 82)

Flying Finance

1924 8.0

Director

Age 24 (now 82)

Oh! What a Day!

1923 6.5

Director

Age 24 (now 82)

The Yankee Spirit

1923 9.0

Director

Age 24 (now 82)

Aladdin

1922 8.0

Director

Age 23 (now 82)

A Pair of Kings

1922 5.5

Writer

Age 23 (now 82)

A Pair of Kings

1922 5.5

Director

Age 23 (now 82)

The Show

1922 7.0

Director

Age 23 (now 82)

The Show

1922 7.0

Writer

Age 23 (now 82)

The Sawmill

1922 5.4

Writer

Age 22 (now 82)

The Sawmill

1922 5.4

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Bell Hop

1921 6.8

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Bell Hop

1921 6.8

Story

Age 22 (now 82)

The Fall Guy

1921 4.9

Story

Age 22 (now 82)

The Fall Guy

1921 4.9

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Bakery

1921 4.7

Writer

Age 22 (now 82)

The Bakery

1921 4.7

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Rent Collector

1921 6.7

Writer

Age 22 (now 82)

The Rent Collector

1921 6.7

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Hick

1921 6.0

Director

Age 22 (now 82)

The Sportsman

1921 6.7

Story

Age 21 (now 82)

The Sportsman

1921 6.7

Director

Age 21 (now 82)

The Suitor

1920 4.9

Director

Age 21 (now 82)

The Stage Hand

1920 8.0

Writer

Age 21 (now 82)

The Stage Hand

1920 8.0

Director

Age 21 (now 82)

School Days

1920 6.8

Writer

Age 21 (now 82)

School Days

1920 6.8

Director

Age 21 (now 82)

The Fly-Cop

1920 5.6

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Age 21 (now 82)

The Fly-Cop

1920 5.6

Director

Age 21 (now 82)