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Des McAnuff

American-Canadian film director
Person Human Q3705901

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
June 19, 1952
Place of birth
Princeton
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
film director, music director, theatre director, director
Employer
Harvard University[8]
Position held
director
Educated at
Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University[9][10]
Award received
Laurence Olivier Awards, Member of the Order of Canada, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Drama League Award[13][14][15][16][17]
Notable work
Big River, The Who's Tommy[11][12]
Work location
United States[21]
Nominated for
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical[22][23]
Family name
McAnuff[19]
Given name
Des[20]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
66664291
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85829332
GND ID
1049517431
ACMI ID
creators/80513
AllMovie person ID
p241226
AlloCiné person ID
38508
Awards & Winners artist ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Danish National Filmography person ID
147088
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1049517431
Discogs artist ID
3245780
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Eiga.com person ID
50139
Elonet person ID
872720
FAST ID
163912
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_1049517431
Film.ru person ID
des-makenaff
Freebase ID
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George Eastman Museum people ID
121034
HAND ID
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IMDb ID
nm0005197
Internet Broadway Database person ID
15599
Ivi person ID
des-makanuff
J9U entity ID
987007442575405171
Kinobox person ID
67412
Kinopoisk person ID
21457
LdiF person ID
156757
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
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MovieMeter person ID
588701
MusicBrainz artist ID
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NUKAT ID
n2009113885
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810686877005606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
182610403
Order of Canada recipient ID
146-11325
PORT person ID
130936
Plex person key
5d7768352e80df001ebde5a6
Prabook ID
3462874
SNAC ARK ID
w6j1021d
Scope.dk person ID
11880
Swedish Film Database person ID
258881
TMDB person ID
588701
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/2cae1322-fb99-4319-b1f9-0cb53b1104a9
ČSFD person ID
3397

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
film director, director, theatre director, music director
Award received 3
Laurence Olivier Awards, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Drama League Award
Nominated for 3
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Films directed 2
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Cousin Bette
Mb:librettist 2
The Who's Tommy, The Who's Tommy
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Toronto Metropolitan University
Employer 1
Harvard University
Instance of 1
human
Notable work 1
Big River
Place of birth 1
Princeton
Position held 1
director
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
United States
← Producer 1
The Iron Giant
← Winner 1
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director
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Summary

Des McAnuff was born on June 19, 1952[1], in Princeton[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], music director[4], theatre director[5], and director[6].

FAQs

Where was Des McAnuff born?

Des McAnuff was born in Princeton[2].

What did Des McAnuff do for work?

Des McAnuff worked as a film director[3], music director[4], theatre director[5], and director[6].

Where did Des McAnuff go to school?

Des McAnuff was educated at Woburn Collegiate Institute[9] and Toronto Metropolitan University[10].

What awards did Des McAnuff receive?

Honors received include Laurence Olivier Awards[13], Member of the Order of Canada[14], and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical[15].

Related Entities

The Iron Giant United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ggpaa.ca. Retrieved . ggpaa.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . tonyawards.com. tonyawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Nashona · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    George Eastman Museum people ID → 121034
    "Created claim: George Eastman Museum people ID: 121034, Matched to Des McAnuff (#118198739) in George Eastman Museu…"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Big River, The Who's Tommy
    Given name → Des
    Family name → McAnuff
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
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