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Des McAnuff (Desmond Steven McAnuff) was born on 19 June, 1952 in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., is an American-Canadian film director. Discover Des McAnuff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Desmond Steven McAnuff
Occupation Stage and musical theatre director
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 19 June, 1952
Birthday 19 June
Birthplace Princeton, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Susan Berman (m. 1984-2009) Bryna McCann (m. 2012)

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1952

Desmond Steven McAnuff (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival and director of such Broadway musical theatre productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.

Born in Princeton, Illinois to John Nelson and Ellen Boyd, McAnuff is a citizen of the United States and Canada.

He lived briefly in Guelph, Ontario, attending grade 4 at St. George's Public School.

His family then moved to Scarborough, Ontario, at the time a suburb of Toronto, and attended high school at Woburn Collegiate Institute where he made his first theatrical appearance in the school's production of The Sound of Music, playing the role of Kurt.

Later, with the help of two friends, he wrote the music and lyrics to a rock musical called Urbania, which was performed by the high school drama club.

He attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, but never completed his degree.

1978

McAnuff worked with the Toronto Free Theatre as a director, and after several plays that had limited success, he left the Canadian scene for New York City, where he co-founded the Dodger Theatre Company in 1978, where he also directed the first production, entitled Gimme Shelter.

He is a former faculty member of the Juilliard School.

1983

McAnuff was artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, which he revived in 1983, during which time the theatre won more than 200 awards.

For the Playhouse, he directed Romeo and Juliet, A Mad World, My Masters, Big River, As You Like It, The Sea Gull, The Matchmaker, A Walk in the Woods, Two Rooms, 80 Days, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Twelfth Night, Three Sisters, Elmer Gantry, Much Ado About Nothing, The Who's Tommy and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

1984

McAnuff married actress Susan Berman (Smithereens) in 1984; the couple has one daughter, Julia McAnuff, who played a young Karen Sympathy in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

1985

McAnuff has won two Tony Awards: as Best Director (Musical) in 1985 for Big River and again in 1993 for The Who's Tommy.

1993

He was nominated in 1993 for Best Book (Musical), with Pete Townshend on The Who's Tommy, and in 1995 as Best Director (Musical) for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

1996

He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of 1996 for The Who's Tommy at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

2000

McAnuff has directed two motion pictures, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) and Cousin Bette (1998), both of which failed critically and at the box-office.

However, the animated version of The Iron Giant, which he served as producer, earned several awards.

2005

He turned over his leadership of the playhouse in 2005 to Michael Greif in order to take a position of leadership at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

2006

He was nominated again in 2006 for Best Direction of a Musical, for Jersey Boys, based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Although he did not win, the production won Best Musical that year.

2008

In 2008, after a year sharing power with Don Shipley and Marti Maraden, McAnuff became the sole artistic director at Stratford.

2009

The couple divorced in 2009.

2010

In 2010 McAnuff was the subject of a documentary special entitled Des McAnuff: A Life In Stages which was a part of the broadcast schedule on Bravo! in Canada for February 7, 2010.

2011

In June 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree by the Ryerson Theatre School.

During the 2011-12 Season at the Metropolitan Opera he directed a new production of Charles Gounod's Faust starring soprano Marina Poplavskaya and tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

On Sunday, October 23, 2011, a tribute for McAnuff was given by staff and students from Ryerson's Theatre School.

2012

In 2012, McAnuff married Bryna McCann.

In May 2012, McAnuff received the National Arts Centre Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.

2013

He was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 2013.

2019

In 2019 he received another Tony nomination for Best Direction of a Musical for Ain't Too Proud.