King Vidor
Directing
February 8, 1894
Galveston, Texas, USA
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).
Movies
Show People
1928
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
1964
Souls for Sale
1923
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Love & Money
1981
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Our Daily Bread
1934
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
It's a Great Feeling
1949
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
Faith
1916
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980
Northward, Ho!
1940
