---
name: "Des McAnuff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/des-mcanuff"
fi1m_id: "des-mcanuff"
imdb_id: "nm0005197"
tmdb_id: 588701
wikidata_id: "Q3705901"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 June 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:25:30.905234+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Des McAnuff

## Identity

Des McAnuff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/des-mcanuff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** des-mcanuff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005197
- **TMDB ID:** 588701
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3705901
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_McAnuff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3705901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005197/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588701

Producer. Born 19 June 1952 in Princeton, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 June 1952, Princeton, Illinois, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_McAnuff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3705901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005197/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588701

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Iron Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md) (88)

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## Biography

Des McAnuff is an American-Canadian director, producer and theatre artistic director. Born in Princeton, Illinois, he grew up partly in Ontario and studied theatre at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute before beginning his career in Toronto and New York.

He served as artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse from 1983 and later of the Stratford Festival. On stage he directed Broadway productions including *Big River* (1985), *The Who's Tommy* (1993) and *Jersey Boys* (2005), winning two Tony Awards for direction of a musical.

His film credits include directing *Cousin Bette* (1998) and *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), and producing the animated feature *The Iron Giant* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays* (2014), Director
- *Twelfth Night* (2012), Director, Executive Producer, Music
- *Gounod: Faust* (2011), Production Director
- *The Tempest* (2010), Director
- *As You Like It* (2010), Stage Director
- *Caesar and Cleopatra* (2009), Director
- *Quills* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle* (2000), Director
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- Governor General's Performing Arts Award 2012: Governor General's Performing Arts Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 2006: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1995: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 1993: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *The Who's Tommy*
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1993: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1985: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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