King Vidor
Born: 1894-02-08 in Galveston, Texas, USA
Died: 1982-11-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Director, and won eight international film awards during his career. Vidor's best known films include The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the Sun (1946).
Filmography
2005
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)
2000
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)
1995
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
1990
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self (archive footage)
1981
- Love & Money as Walter Klein
1980
1978
- Ciné regards as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1964
- Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics as Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv)
1961
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
1960
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
1959
- Solomon and Sheba ... (Director)
1956
- War and Peace ... (Director)
1955
- Man Without a Star ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Ruby Gentry ... (Director)
- Japanese War Bride ... (Director)
1951
- Lightning Strikes Twice ... (Director)
1949
- The Fountainhead ... (Director)
- It's a Great Feeling as KIng Vidor (uncredited)
- Beyond the Forest ... (Director)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- On Our Merry Way ... (Director)
1946
- Duel in the Sun ... (Director)
1944
- An American Romance ... (Director)
1941
- H.M. Pulham, Esq. ... (Director)
1940
- The Fight for Life ... (Technical Advisor)
- Northwest Passage ... (Director)
- Comrade X ... (Director)
- Northward, Ho! as Himself
1938
- The Citadel ... (Director)
1937
- Stella Dallas ... (Director)
1936
- The Texas Rangers ... (Director)
- The Plow That Broke the Plains ... (Technical Advisor)
1935
- So Red the Rose ... (Director)
- The Wedding Night ... (Director)
1934
- Our Daily Bread as Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)
1933
- The Stranger's Return ... (Director)
1932
- Bird of Paradise ... (Director)
- Cynara ... (Director)
1931
- The Champ ... (Director)
- Street Scene ... (Director)
1930
- Billy the Kid ... (Director)
- Not So Dumb ... (Director)
1929
- Hallelujah ... (Director)
1928
- Show People as Self (uncredited)
- The Crowd ... (Director)
- The Patsy ... (Director)
1926
- Bardelys the Magnificent ... (Director)
- La Bohème ... (Director)
1925
- The Big Parade ... (Director)
- Proud Flesh ... (Director)
- 1925 Studio Tour as Self
1924
- The Wife of the Centaur ... (Director)
- His Hour ... (Director)
- Wine of Youth ... (Director)
- Happiness ... (Director)
- Wild Oranges ... (Director)
1923
- The Woman of Bronze ... (Director)
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)
- Three Wise Fools ... (Director)
- Alice Adams ... (Producer)
1922
- Peg o' My Heart ... (Director)
- Dusk to Dawn ... (Director)
- Conquering the Woman ... (Director)
- The Real Adventure ... (Director)
1921
- Love Never Dies ... (Director)
- The Sky Pilot ... (Director)
1920
- The Jack-Knife Man ... (Director)
- The Family Honor ... (Director)
1919
- The Turn in the Road ... (Director)
- The Other Half ... (Director)
- Better Times ... (Writer)
- Poor Relations ... (Director)
1918
- Tad's Swimming Hole ... (Director)
- The Chocolate of the Gang ... (Director)
- Bud's Recruit ... (Director)
1917
- What'll We Do with Uncle? ... (Screenplay)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Extra (uncredited)
- Faith
1913
- Hurricane in Galveston ... (Director)