Eric G. Stacey (December 4, 1903 - May 1, 1969) was a British Assistant director and Production manager. He was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Assistant Director for his work on the Darryl F. Zanuck production of Les Miserables (1935) and the David O. Selznick productions of The Garden of Allah (1936) and A Star Is Born (1937), the last year the Award was given to Assistant directors.

Biography

Born in the Hotel St. Cloud, Bayswater, London, England, Stacey was one of two sons of Robert and Rosa Stacey. His father was a hotelier and caterer, notably operating The Beach Hotel in Ramsgate, England, a seaside resort. Stacey attended Sutton Valence, Kent and St. Lawrence College. From 1922 to 1924, he worked as a clerk and assistant director with Artistic Films, Ltd. in London and had a short experience as a theater manager at the Regent Theater, Brighton during 1925. In 1925, Stacey immigrated to the United States where he became an usher at the Publix Theaters. Shortly after that, he started his career in the cinema industry as an Assistant director first and Production manager later on. In 1941, Stacey married Frances Stinette, who had worked at the Hayes Office as a film censor enforcing the Motion Picture Production Code. The marriage endured until Stacey's death in 1969 in Los Angeles, California. They had two children, Eric Stacey, Jr., and Frances Eugenia Stacey.

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