🎬 Director
King Vidor
🎂 Born 8 February 1894 (age 88)✝ 1 November 1982📍 Galveston, Texas, USA
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Popularity Score
17
Acting Credits
59
Directed
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
Directed Films(59)
★ 6.7
War and Peace
1956
Director
★ 6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946
Director
★ 6.4
Solomon and Sheba
1959
Director
★ 6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
Director
★ 6.3
Ruby Gentry
1952
Director
★ 6.1
Comrade X
1940
Director
★ 7.2
Show People
1928
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★ 6.4
The Citadel
1938
Director
★ 6.5
Man Without a Star
1955
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★ 6.6
Northwest Passage
1940
Director
★ 6.8
Stella Dallas
1937
Director
★ 7.6
The Big Parade
1925
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★ 6.8
Street Scene
1931
Director
★ 7.1
The Champ
1931
Director
★ 6.4
La Bohème
1926
Director
★ 5.7
On Our Merry Way
1948
Director
★ 7.6
The Crowd
1928
Director
★ 7.7
So Red the Rose
1935
Director
★ 5.9
The Wedding Night
1935
Director
★ 6.7
Beyond the Forest
1949
Director
★ 6.7
Our Daily Bread
1934
Director
★ 5.1
Cynara
1932
Director
★ 7.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
Director
★ 5.7
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
Director
★ 5.0
Bird of Paradise
1932
Director
★ 7.2
Proud Flesh
1925
Director
★ 6.2
The Stranger's Return
1933
Director
★ 8.0
Conquering the Woman
1922
Director
★ 7.6
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
Director
★ 6.6
The Texas Rangers
1936
Director
★ 6.7
Hallelujah
1929
Director
★ 6.0
Japanese War Bride
1952
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★ 4.6
Billy the Kid
1930
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★ 3.3
The Wife of the Centaur
1924
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★ 10.0
Three Wise Fools
1923
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★ 6.7
The Patsy
1928
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★ 5.4
Not So Dumb
1930
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★ 9.0
The Woman of Bronze
1923
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★ 5.8
Bud's Recruit
1918
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★ 6.1
An American Romance
1944
Director
★ 9.0
Happiness
1924
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★ 5.4
The Sky Pilot
1921
Director
★ 7.3
Peg o' My Heart
1922
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Better Times
1919
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★ 7.0
His Hour
1924
Director
★ 8.0
Poor Relations
1919
Director
★ 8.0
The Family Honor
1920
Director
★ 8.3
Wine of Youth
1924
Director
★ 6.5
The Jack-Knife Man
1920
Director
★ 9.0
The Turn in the Road
1919
Director
★ 6.5
Wild Oranges
1924
Director
★ 5.0
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
1964
Director
★ 5.8
Love Never Dies
1921
Director
★ 7.0
Tad's Swimming Hole
1918
Director
★ 5.7
The Other Half
1919
Director
★ 8.0
Dusk to Dawn
1922
Director
★ 9.0
The Real Adventure
1922
Director
★ 9.0
The Chocolate of the Gang
1918
Director
★ 6.3
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980
Director
Full Filmography(17 films)
YearTitleRating
1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages★ 7.11928Show People★ 7.21981Love & Money★ 5.11990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic★ 8.31949It's a Great Feeling★ 6.02005Filmmakers vs. Tycoons★ 6.81934Our Daily Bread★ 6.71960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood★ 6.01923Souls for Sale★ 6.319251925 Studio Tour★ 6.32000Federico Fellini's Autobiography★ 6.41961Hollywood: The Selznick Years★ 4.41973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor★ 6.51916Faith—1940Northward, Ho!★ 6.71964Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics★ 5.01980Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth★ 6.3