King Vidor

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1894-02-08

Deathday 1982-11-01 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Galveston, Texas, USA

Also Known As 킹 비도르, 킹 비도어

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).

Known For

Director

1959
Solomon and Sheba

as Director

1956
War and Peace

as Director

1955
Man Without a Star

as Director

1952
Japanese War Bride

as Director

1952
Ruby Gentry

as Director

1951
1949
The Fountainhead

as Director

1949
Beyond the Forest

as Director

1948
On Our Merry Way

as Director

1946
Duel in the Sun

as Director

1944
1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Director

1940
Comrade X

as Director

1940
Northwest Passage

as Director

1939
The Wizard of Oz

as Co-Director

1938
The Citadel

as Director

1937
Stella Dallas

as Director

1936
The Texas Rangers

as Director

1935
The Wedding Night

as Director

1935
So Red the Rose

as Director

1934
Our Daily Bread

as Director

1933
1932
Bird of Paradise

as Director

1932
Cynara

as Director

1931
The Champ

as Director

1931
Street Scene

as Director

1930
Billy the Kid

as Director

1930
Not So Dumb

as Director

1929
Hallelujah

as Director

1928
The Crowd

as Director

1928
Show People

as Director

1928
The Patsy

as Director

1926
La Bohème

as Director

1926
1925
The Big Parade

as Director

1925
Proud Flesh

as Director

1924
Wild Oranges

as Director

1924
Wine of Youth

as Director

1924
1924
Happiness

as Director

1924
His Hour

as Director

1923
Three Wise Fools

as Director

1922
Peg o' My Heart

as Director

1922
The Real Adventure

as Director

1921
The Sky Pilot

as Director

1921
Love Never Dies

as Director

1920
The Jack-Knife Man

as Director

1920
The Family Honor

as Director

1919
The Other Half

as Director

1919
Better Times

as Director

1918
Bud's Recruit

as Director

1918
1913

Actor

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

1990
1981
Love and Money

as Walter Klein

1980
Hollywood

as Self

1964
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as KIng Vidor (uncredited)

1940
Northward, Ho!

as Himself

1934
Our Daily Bread

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

1928
Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1925
1923
Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)

1916

Writer

1956
War and Peace

as Screenplay

1944
1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Screenplay

1936
1934
1934
Our Daily Bread

as Writer

1929
Hallelujah

as Story

1928
The Crowd

as Screenplay

1924
Wild Oranges

as Adaptation

1923
1921
Love Never Dies

as Adaptation

1919
1919
Better Times

as Writer

1918
Bud's Recruit

as Scenario Writer

1917

Producer

Alice Adams

as Producer

1952
Ruby Gentry

as Producer

1944
1940
Comrade X

as Producer

1936
The Texas Rangers

as Producer

1934
Our Daily Bread

as Producer

1932
Bird of Paradise

as Producer

1931
The Champ

as Producer

1930
Not So Dumb

as Producer

1930
Billy the Kid

as Producer

1928
Show People

as Producer

1928
The Patsy

as Producer

1924
Wine of Youth

as Producer

1921
Love Never Dies

as Producer

1920
The Jack-Knife Man

as Producer