King Vidor
Directing · Born 1894-02-08 · age 88 at death · Galveston, Texas, USA
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).
Titles
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
War and Peace
The Crowd
Duel in the Sun
The Fountainhead
The Big Parade
Man Without a Star
Solomon and Sheba
Stella Dallas
The Champ
Northwest Passage
Show People
Beyond the Forest
Our Daily Bread
Street Scene
Hallelujah
The Stranger's Return
Ruby Gentry
The Citadel
It's a Great Feeling
Bird of Paradise
Comrade X
The Wedding Night
The Patsy
The Texas Rangers
Lightning Strikes Twice
Wild Oranges
On Our Merry Way
La Bohème
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Billy the Kid
Cynara
Bardelys the Magnificent
Love & Money
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
An American Romance
The Jack-Knife Man
Not So Dumb
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
The Sky Pilot
Love Never Dies
Bud's Recruit
Proud Flesh
The Fight for Life
The Other Half
Wine of Youth
So Red the Rose
Peg o' My Heart
Japanese War Bride
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
The Wife of the Centaur
Three Wise Fools
The Chocolate of the Gang
Happiness
The Real Adventure
Hurricane in Galveston
Alice Adams
The Woman of Bronze
The Turn in the Road
The Family Honor