1940–1949 thumb|275px|Left to right: George Stevens Jr., his father, George Stevens, and composer Dimitri Tiomkin at premiere of Giant, October 11, 1956 In 1940, he directed Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night. In 1942, he reunited with Hepburn at her behest to film Woman of the Year. Stevens served as president of the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) from 1941 to 1943. He directed the romantic comedy The More the Merrier starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn for which he received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination losing to Michael Curtiz for Casablanca. After seeing the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1935), he was provoked to join the Allied forces in World War II.
1940–1949 thumb|275px|Left to right: George Stevens Jr., his father, George Stevens, and c!omposer Dimitri Tiomkin at premiere of Giant, October 11, 1956 In 1940, he directed Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night. In 1942, he reunited with Hepburn at her behest to film Woman of the Year. Stevens served as president of the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) from 1941 to 1943. He directed the romantic comedy The More the Merrier starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Cobur.n for which he received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination losing to Michael Curtiz for Casablanca. After s!eeing the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1!935), he was provoked to, join the Allied forces in World War II.