The son of Louis K. Sidney the vice president of M.G.M. and Hazel Mooney of The Mooney Sisters. In his teens he worked as studio messenger going through every department learning the techniques and secrets of the trade. In 1933 he was assigned to direct screen tests of Judy Garland, Robert Taylor and Janet Leigh then he was promoted to shorts and the 'Our Gang' comedies winning two Oscars.He was promoted to features in 1942 directing such as 'Annie Get Your Gun', 'Showboat' and 'Pal Joey'.George began at the age of 5 working with Tom Mix as 'The Littlest Cowboy', at 14 he was a messenger at MGM, at 18 directing 'Our Gang' comedies, at 20 he'd moved to directing screen tests and shorts. After winning 2 Oscars for 'Best Short he was promoted to feature director and won a 3rd Oscar for Best Short in 1953 - 'The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture' He held the record for 15 consecutive box office hits, some grossing $30 million in an era of 50 cent tickets.He retired at 49 and became a paleontologist, art historian U.S.C. law school graduate (passing his bar exam), lectured to university students and took photographs building up an archive of over a million negatives. He was the youngest member when he joined the Directors Guild of America (known as the Screen Directors Guild) and became the youngest member of the organisation serving for 16 years