George Cooper Stevens Jr. (born April 3, 1932) is an American writer, playwright, director, and producer. He is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award, and co-creator of the Kennedy Center Honors. He has also served as co-chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Stevens Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.