Robert Edward Stevenson (31 March 1905 – 30 April 1986) was a British-American screenwriter and film director. After directing a number of British films, including
King Solomon's Mines (1937), he was contracted by David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood, but was loaned to other studios, directing
Jane Eyre (1943). He directed 19 live-action films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical
Mary Poppins (1964), for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson was nominated for Best Director. His other Disney films include the first two Herbie films,
The Love Bug (1968) and
Herbie Rides Again (1974), as well as
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Three of his films featured English actor ...
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