Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdayFebruary 7, 1894 (131 years old)
Place of BirthGalveston, Texas, USA
King Vidor
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
It's a Great Feeling
Love and Money
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Souls for Sale
Northward, Ho!
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Show People
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
1925 Studio Tour
And the Oscar Goes To...
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
Our Daily Bread
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Faith
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
The Oscars
The Men Who Made the Movies
The Ed Sullivan Show
Hollywood
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Crowd
The Crowd
The Big Parade
The Fountainhead
Show People
War and Peace
War and Peace
The Wedding Night
Comrade X
Duel in the Sun
Beyond the Forest
Solomon and Sheba
The Champ
Man Without a Star
Northwest Passage
Stella Dallas
Japanese War Bride
Ruby Gentry
The Texas Rangers
Ruby Gentry
The Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers
The Patsy
Lightning Strikes Twice
On Our Merry Way
Bird of Paradise
Hallelujah
The Citadel
Wild Oranges
The Stranger's Return
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Street Scene
La Bohème
Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread
Bardelys the Magnificent
An American Romance
An American Romance
An American Romance
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Wine of Youth
Bud's Recruit
Cynara
The Sky Pilot
Billy the Kid
Peg o' My Heart
The Jack-Knife Man
Proud Flesh
Not So Dumb
So Red the Rose
Not So Dumb
Billy the Kid
Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools
The Other Half
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Comrade X
Love Never Dies
Tad's Swimming Hole
The Chocolate of the Gang
The Wife of the Centaur
Wine of Youth
Bird of Paradise
Show People
The Patsy
The Champ
The Family Honor
Happiness
Our Daily Bread
Love Never Dies
The Jack-Knife Man
The Other Half
Love Never Dies
Wild Oranges
Bud's Recruit
Hallelujah
The Real Adventure
His Hour
Better Times
Better Times
Our Daily Bread
Alice Adams
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