King Vidor
February 8, 1894 (130 years old) in 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).
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- 2014 ·And the Oscar Goes To...as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 ·Filmmakers vs. Tycoonsas Self (archive footage)
- 2000 ·Federico Fellini's Autobiographyas Self (archive footage)
- 1990 ·The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magicas Self (archive footage)
- 1981 ·Love and Moneyas Walter Klein
- 1980 ·Hollywoodas Self
- 1980 ·Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyethas
- 1975 ·Les Rendez-vous du dimancheas Self
- 1973 ·The Men Who Made the Moviesas
- 1973 ·The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidoras Self
- 1964 ·Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysicsas Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv)
- 1961 ·Hollywood: The Selznick Yearsas Self (uncredited)
- 1960 ·Hedda Hopper's Hollywoodas Self
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- 1949 ·It's a Great Feelingas KIng Vidor (uncredited)
- 1948 ·The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
- 1940 ·Northward, Ho!as Himself
- 1934 ·Our Daily Breadas Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)
- 1928 ·Show Peopleas Self (uncredited)
- 1925 ·1925 Studio Touras Self
- 1923 ·Souls for Saleas Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)
- 1916 ·Faithas
- 1916 ·Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Agesas Extra (uncredited)