King Vidor

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-08 (88 years old)

Deathday

1982-11-01

Place of Birth

Galveston, 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).

Acting

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as KIng Vidor (uncredited)

1981

Love and 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

1928

Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1964

2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

as Self (archive footage)

1925

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1934

Our Daily Bread

as Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)

1916

2000

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1925

The Big Parade

as Director

1928

The Crowd

as Director

1928

The Crowd

as Screenplay

1949

The Fountainhead

as Director

1928

Show People

as Director

1956

War and Peace

as Director

1956

War and Peace

as Screenplay

1935

1940

Comrade X

as Director

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Director

1949

1959

1931

The Champ

as Director

1955

1940

1937

Stella Dallas

as Director

1952

1952

Ruby Gentry

as Director

1952

Ruby Gentry

as Producer

1936

1936

1936

1928

The Patsy

as Director

1948

On Our Merry Way

as Director

1932

Bird of Paradise

as Director

1929

Hallelujah

as Director

1938

The Citadel

as Director

1933

1924

Wild Oranges

as Director

1941

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Screenplay

1931

Street Scene

as Director

1926

La Bohème

as Director

1934

Our Daily Bread

as Director

1934

1944

1944

1936

The Plow That Broke the Plains

as Technical Advisor

1924

Wine of Youth

as Director

1918

Bud's Recruit

as Director

1932

Cynara

as Director

1921

The Sky Pilot

as Director

1930

Billy the Kid

as Director

1922

Peg o' My Heart

as Director

1920

1925

Proud Flesh

as Director

1930

Not So Dumb

as Director

1935

So Red the Rose

as Director

1930

Not So Dumb

as Producer

1930

Billy the Kid

as Producer

1923

Three Wise Fools

as Director

1923

1919

The Other Half

as Director

1940

Comrade X

as Producer

1921

Love Never Dies

as Director

1918

1924

Wine of Youth

as Producer

1932

Bird of Paradise

as Producer

1928

The Patsy

as Producer

1928

Show People

as Producer

1931

The Champ

as Producer

1920

The Family Honor

as Director

1924

Happiness

as Director

1934

1919

1920

1921

Love Never Dies

as Adaptation

1921

Love Never Dies

as Producer

1924

Wild Oranges

as Adaptation

1918

Bud's Recruit

as Scenario Writer

1929

Hallelujah

as Story

1922

1924

His Hour

as Director

1919

Better Times

as Writer

1919

Better Times

as Director

1934

Our Daily Bread

as Producer

1913

1917

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Alice Adams

as Producer

1940

The Fight for Life

as Technical Advisor

1919

Poor Relations

as Director

1919

Poor Relations

as Screenplay

1919

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