King Wallis Vidor (/ ˈ v iː d ɔːr / VEE-dor; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, humane, and sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues.

King Vidor. Director: War and Peace. King Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter of Hungarian descent. He was born in Galveston, Texas to lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor and his wife Kate Wallis.

Feb 4, 2025 · King Vidor, American motion-picture director whose films of the 1920s and ’30s were among the most creative of those produced in Hollywood. Among his most admired works were The Big Parade (1925), Hallelujah (1929), The …

King Vidor was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for the film. In 2008, Hallelujah was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film [2] [3] directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane.

Feb 13, 2007 · Committed to the most unyielding and almost brutally positive American determination, King Vidor was a man of considerable artistic ambition who came of age in a period when movies were a new medium and wide-open for individual points of view.

The Fountainhead: Directed by King Vidor. With Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith. An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to …

Jan 15, 2025 · In their new book, King Vidor in Focus, BU film historian Kevin Stoehr (GRS’96,’97), chair and associate professor of humanities in the College of General Studies, and his coauthor Cullen Gallagher argue that Vidor should …

Neve magyar eredetű. Nagyapja Vidor Károly az 1848-as szabadságharc után menekült Amerikába, és az 1850-es évek elején Galvestonban telepedett le. King Vidor a Nebáncsvirág (1928) forgatásán. 1900-ban, hatéves korában átélte a galvestoni hurrikánt. A San Antonio-i Peacock katonai akadémiára járt.

King Vidor, nato King Wallis Vidor (Galveston, 8 febbraio 1894 – Paso Robles, 1º novembre 1982), è stato un regista, sceneggiatore e produttore cinematografico statunitense. Uno dei nomi più importanti del cinema hollywoodiano, la sua carriera, iniziata nei primi anni dieci, durò fino alla fine degli anni cinquanta. Saltuariamente ...