Name
King Vidor
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1894-02-08
Deathday
1982-11-01 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
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The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is inte...
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Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and fin...
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Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather...
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The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as repre...
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John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Dri...
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An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individuali...
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A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war....
- 1949 It's a Great Feeling as KIng Vidor (uncredited)
- 1981 Love & Money as Walter Klein
- 1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
- 1923 Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)
- 1940 Northward, Ho! as Himself
- 1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self
- 1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Extra (uncredited)
- 1928 Show People as Self (uncredited)
- 1964 Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics as Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv)
- 2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)
- 1925 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1980 Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
- 1934 Our Daily Bread as Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)
- 1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 1916 Faith
- 2000 Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 The Men Who Made the Movies ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Hollywood ( 13 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
