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
The Wedding Night
Comrade X
The Patsy
The Texas Rangers
Lightning Strikes Twice
On Our Merry Way
Wild Oranges
The Plow That Broke the Plains
La Bohème
Billy the Kid
Bardelys the Magnificent
Cynara
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
Bud's Recruit
Love Never Dies
Proud Flesh
So Red the Rose
The Other Half
The Fight for Life
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Japanese War Bride
Wine of Youth
Peg o' My Heart
The Wife of the Centaur
The Woman of Bronze
Three Wise Fools
The Chocolate of the Gang
Tad's Swimming Hole
The Family Honor
Happiness
The Real Adventure
His Hour
Hurricane in Galveston