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

• 1981Love & Money — Walter Klein
• 1980Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth — Director
• The Men Who Made the Movies
• 1964Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics — Narration (as Nicholas Rodiv), Cinematography, Director, Writer
• 1959Solomon and Sheba — Director
• 1956War and Peace — Director, Screenplay
• 1955Man Without a Star — Director
• 1952Japanese War Bride — Director
• 1952Ruby Gentry — Producer, Director
• 1951Lightning Strikes Twice — Director
• 1949Beyond the Forest — Director
• 1949It's a Great Feeling — KIng Vidor (uncredited)
• 1949The Fountainhead — Director
• 1948On Our Merry Way — Director
• 1946Duel in the Sun — Director
• 1944An American Romance — Story, Director, Producer
• 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq. — Director, Screenplay
• 1940Comrade X — Director, Producer
• 1940Northwest Passage — Director
• 1940The Fight for Life — Technical Advisor
• 1938The Citadel — Director
• 1937Stella Dallas — Director
• 1936The Plow That Broke the Plains — Technical Advisor
• 1936The Texas Rangers — Producer, Director, Story
• 1935So Red the Rose — Director
• 1935The Wedding Night — Director
• 1934Our Daily Bread — Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited), Story, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1933The Stranger's Return — Director
• 1932Bird of Paradise — Director, Producer
• 1932Cynara — Director
• 1931Street Scene — Director
• 1931The Champ — Director, Producer
• 1930Billy the Kid — Director, Producer
• 1930Not So Dumb — Director, Producer
• 1929Hallelujah — Director, Story
• 1928Show People — Self (uncredited), Director, Producer
• 1928The Crowd — Screenplay, Director
• 1928The Patsy — Director, Producer
• 1926Bardelys the Magnificent — Director
• 1926La Bohème — Director
• 1925Proud Flesh — Director
• 1925The Big Parade — Director
• 1924Happiness — Director
• 1924His Hour — Director
• 1924The Wife of the Centaur — Director
• 1924Wild Oranges — Director, Adaptation
• 1924Wine of Youth — Director, Producer
• 1923Alice Adams — Producer
• 1923The Woman of Bronze — Director
• 1923Three Wise Fools — Director, Writer
• 1922Conquering the Woman — Director, Producer
• 1922Dusk to Dawn — Director, Producer
• 1922Peg o' My Heart — Director
• 1922The Real Adventure — Director
• 1921Love Never Dies — Director, Producer, Adaptation
• 1921The Sky Pilot — Director
• 1920The Family Honor — Director
• 1920The Jack-Knife Man — Director, Producer
• 1919Better Times — Writer, Director
• 1919Poor Relations — Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1919The Other Half — Director, Story
• 1919The Turn in the Road — Director, Writer
• 1918Bud's Recruit — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1918Tad's Swimming Hole — Director
• 1918The Chocolate of the Gang — Director
• 1917What'll We Do with Uncle? — Screenplay
• 1916Faith
• 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages — Extra (uncredited)
• 1913Hurricane in Galveston — Director

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2005Filmmakers vs. Tycoons — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Federico Fellini's Autobiography — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic — Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor — Self
• 1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years — Self (uncredited)
• 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1940Northward, Ho! — Himself
• 19251925 Studio Tour — Self
• 1923Souls for Sale — Self - Celebrity Director (uncredited)