Cu ‧ kor, George /ˈkjuːkəʳ/ BrE AmE
(1899–1983) a US film director who won an Oscar for best director in 1964 for My Fair Lady . He was the original director of Gone With the Wind (1939), but was replaced after only two weeks after arguments with the main actor Clark Gable. His other films included David Copperfield (1935), and The Philadelphia Story (1940).