King Vidor
Director
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).
Filmography
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited) 1916
Show People
as Self (uncredited) 1928
Our Daily Bread
as Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited) 1934
It's a Great Feeling
as KIng Vidor (uncredited) 1949
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited) 1923
1925 Studio Tour
as Self 1925
Love & Money
as Walter Klein 1981
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
as Self (archive footage) 1990
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage) 2000
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage) 2005
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited) 1961
Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
as Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv) 1964
Northward, Ho!
as Himself 1940
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self 1973
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self 1960