King Vidor
- Directing
- February 8, 1894 · Galveston, Texas, USA
- November 1, 1982
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · Self
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic · Self
- Love & Money · Walter Klein
- Hollywood · Self
- Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth · Director
- Ciné regards · Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- The Men Who Made the Movies
- The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor · Self
- Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics · Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv), Writer
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years · Self
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood · Self
- Solomon and Sheba · Director
- War and Peace · Director, Screenplay
- Man Without a Star · Director
- The Oscars · Self
- Ruby Gentry · Producer, Director
- Japanese War Bride · Director
- Lightning Strikes Twice · Director
- Beyond the Forest · Director
- It's a Great Feeling · KIng Vidor (uncredited)
- The Fountainhead · Director
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- On Our Merry Way · Director
- Duel in the Sun · Director
- An American Romance · Story, Producer
- H.M. Pulham, Esq. · Director, Screenplay
- Comrade X · Director, Producer
- The Fight for Life · Technical Advisor
- Northwest Passage · Director
- Northward, Ho! · Self
- The Citadel · Director
- Stella Dallas · Director
- The Texas Rangers · Producer, Story
- The Plow That Broke the Plains · Technical Advisor
- So Red the Rose · Director
- The Wedding Night · Director
- Our Daily Bread · Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited), Director
- The Stranger's Return · Director
- Cynara · Director
- Bird of Paradise · Director, Producer
- The Champ · Director, Producer
- Street Scene · Director
- Billy the Kid · Director, Producer
- Not So Dumb · Director, Producer
- Hallelujah · Director, Story
- Show People · Self, Director
- The Patsy · Director, Producer
- The Crowd · Screenplay, Director
- Bardelys the Magnificent · Director
- La Bohème · Director
- The Big Parade · Director
- Proud Flesh · Director
- 1925 Studio Tour · Self
- The Wife of the Centaur · Director
- His Hour · Director
- Wine of Youth · Director, Producer
- Happiness · Director
- Wild Oranges · Director, Adaptation
- Three Wise Fools · Writer, Director
- Souls for Sale · Self
- Alice Adams · Producer
- The Woman of Bronze · Director
- Peg o' My Heart · Director
- Conquering the Woman · Director, Producer
- Dusk to Dawn · Director, Producer
- The Real Adventure · Director
- Love Never Dies · Director, Producer
- The Sky Pilot · Director
- The Jack-Knife Man · Director, Producer
- The Family Honor · Director
- Poor Relations · Director, Screenplay
- The Other Half · Director, Story
- Better Times · Writer, Director
- The Turn in the Road · Director, Writer
- Tad's Swimming Hole · Director
- The Chocolate of the Gang · Director
- Bud's Recruit · Director, Scenario Writer