
King Vidor
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).
60 directing credits · 22 acting credits
Directing · 60

War and Peace
1956

The Fountainhead
1949

Duel in the Sun
1946

Solomon and Sheba
1959

The Crowd
1928

Show People
1928

Ruby Gentry
1952

Stella Dallas
1937

Man Without a Star
1955

Comrade X
1940

Northwest Passage
1940

Beyond the Forest
1949

The Champ
1931

The Citadel
1938

The Big Parade
1925

Street Scene
1931

Our Daily Bread
1934

Proud Flesh
1925

The Texas Rangers
1936

Bardelys the Magnificent
1926

On Our Merry Way
1948

La Bohème
1926

Lightning Strikes Twice
1951

An American Romance
1944

The Wedding Night
1935

Bird of Paradise
1932

Japanese War Bride
1952

Wild Oranges
1924

H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941

So Red the Rose
1935

Hallelujah
1929

Three Wise Fools
1923

The Stranger's Return
1933

Cynara
1932

The Patsy
1928

Not So Dumb
1930

Happiness
1924

Billy the Kid
1930

The Other Half
1919

His Hour
1924

Better Times
1919

The Sky Pilot
1921

The Wife of the Centaur
1924

The Real Adventure
1922

Conquering the Woman
1922

Poor Relations
1919

Love Never Dies
1921

Wine of Youth
1924

The Jack-Knife Man
1920

Peg o' My Heart
1922

The Woman of Bronze
1923

The Turn in the Road
1919

The Family Honor
1920
Hurricane in Galveston
1913

Tad's Swimming Hole
1918

Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980

The Chocolate of the Gang
1918

Bud's Recruit
1918

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
1964

Dusk to Dawn
1922
Acting · 22

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

The Oscars
1953

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Hollywood
1980

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916

The Men Who Made the Movies
1973

Show People
1928

Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000

It's a Great Feeling
1949

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005

Our Daily Bread
1934

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960

Souls for Sale
1923

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990

Love & Money
1981

1925 Studio Tour
1925

Northward, Ho!
1940

Faith
1916

Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
1980

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
1964