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Alexander Korda is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Presenter Hongrois born on 16 september 1893 at Túrkeve (Hongrie)

Alexander Korda

Alexander Korda
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Birth name Sándor Laszlo Kellner
Nationality Hongrie
Birth 16 september 1893 at Túrkeve (Hongrie)
Death 23 january 1956 (at 62 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Sir Alexander Korda (16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian-born British film producer and director. He worked in Hollywood the first time during the transition to "talkies", from 1926 to 1930. The change led to divorce from his first wife, a popular Hungarian actress who could not make the transition because of her strong accent in English.

From 1930, Korda became a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.

Biography

Alexander Korda naît dans une famille juive de la Grande Plaine hongroise (comté de Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok). Une devise latine de son école de commerce de Budapest, « Sursum corda ! », lui donne l'idée de son nouveau nom. Il travaille d’abord comme journaliste et devient envoyé spécial à Paris de Független Magyarország (« La Hongrie indépendante ») avant de se consacrer au cinéma comme critique et théoricien. Alexander Korda parlait 5 langues couramment : yiddish, allemand, hongrois, français, anglais.

Lorsqu'il quitte son pays natal en 1919, il a déjà 25 films à son actif en tant que réalisateur. Il travaille successivement à Vienne, Berlin, Paris (où il porte à l'écran le succès théâtral de Marcel Pagnol, Marius) et Hollywood, où il entre chez United Artists. Cependant, c'est au Royaume-Uni qu'il connaît ses plus grands succès. Il finit par s'y installer avec ses frères Zoltan et Vincent Korda et, en 1932, fonde London Film Productions et les Denham Film Studios à Denham, qui deviennent finalement une filiale de la Rank Organisation.

Il est un des premiers à faire un usage remarqué de la couleur dans ses films. En 1942, Korda devint le premier réalisateur à être anobli. Parmi ses plus grands succès en tant que producteur : Les Quatre Plumes blanches (1939), Le Voleur de Bagdad (1940) et Le Troisième Homme (1949).

Best films

The Third Man (1949)
(Scriptwriter)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
(Director)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
(Director)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
(Director)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
(Director)
Jungle Book (1942)
(Producer)

Usually with

Vincent Korda
Vincent Korda
(32 films)
Lajos Biró
Lajos Biró
(29 films)
Arthur Wimperis
Arthur Wimperis
(16 films)
A. W. Watkins
A. W. Watkins
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alexander Korda (99 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1955The Deep Blue SeaProducer
1955A Kid for Two FarthingsExecutive Producer
1955Richard IIIProducer
1950Gone to EarthProducer
1949The Fallen IdolExecutive Producer
1949The Third ManScriptwriter, Producer
1948Anna KareninaProducer
1948Bonnie Prince CharlieDirector, Producer
1947The Shop at Sly CornerProducer
1947An Ideal HusbandDirector, Producer
1947Mine Own ExecutionerProducer
1945Perfect StrangersDirector, Producer
1942Jungle BookProducer
1942To Be or Not to BeProducer
1941That Hamilton WomanDirector, Producer
1941LydiaProducer
1940The Thief of BagdadDirector, Producer
194021 Days TogetherProducer
1939The Lion Has WingsDirector, Producer
1939The Four FeathersProducer
1939Over the MoonProducer
1939Q PlanesProducer
1939The Spy in BlackProducer
1938The DrumProducer
1938The ChallengeProducer
1938The Divorce of Lady XProducer
1938South RidingProducer
1937Knight Without ArmourProducer
1937The Man Who Could Work MiraclesProducer
1937Men Are Not GodsProducer
1937Action for SlanderExecutive Producer
1937Dark JourneyDirector, Producer
1937Elephant BoyProducer
1937Fire Over EnglandProducer
1937I, ClaudiusProducer
1936The Ghost Goes WestProducer
1936Things to ComeProducer
1936RembrandtDirector, Producer, Presenter
1936The Conquest of the AirProducer
1935Sanders of the RiverProducer
1935Things Are Looking UpProducer
1934The Private Life of Don JuanDirector, Producer
1934The Private Life of the GannetsProducer
1934The Rise of Catherine the GreatDirector, Producer
1934The Scarlet PimpernelScriptwriter, Producer
1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIDirector, Producer
1933Men of TomorrowProducer
1933Wedding RehearsalDirector, Producer
1933CashProducer
1933Counsel's OpinionProducer
1933The Girl from Maxim'sDirector, Producer
1933La dame de chez Maxim'sDirector, Producer
1933Strange EvidenceProducer
1932Service for LadiesDirector, Producer
1932That Night in LondonProducer
1932Zum goldenen AnkerDirector
1931MariusDirector
1931Longing for the SeaDirector
1931Left BankDirector
1930Lilies of the FieldDirector
1930Women EverywhereDirector
1930The Princess and the PlumberDirector
1930The Princess and the PlumberDirector
1929Her Private LifeDirector
1929The SquallDirector
1929Love and the DevilDirector
1928Night WatchDirector
1928The Yellow LilyDirector
1927The Private Life of Helen of TroyDirector
1927The Stolen BrideDirector
1927A Modern DubarryDirector, Writer
1926Madame Wants No ChildrenDirector
1925Her Dancing PartnerDirector, Writer
1924Everybody's WomanDirector
1924Tragedy in the House of HabsburgDirector
1923The Unknown TomorrowDirector, Writer
1922Masters of the SeaDirector
1922Samson and DelilahDirector, Writer
1922A Vanished WorldDirector
1920Number 111Director, Producer
1920The Prince and the PauperDirector
1919Mary AnnDirector
1919Ave Caesar!Director
1919Neither at Home or AbroadDirector, Producer
1919White RoseDirector
1919YamataDirector, Producer
1918FaunDirector, Producer
1917Miska the MagnateDirector
1917Harrison and BarrisonDirector, Producer
1917MagicDirector
1917St. Peter's UmbrellaDirector
1917The Stork CaliphDirector, Producer
1916The Laughing SaskiaDirector
1916The One Million Pound NoteDirector, Scriptwriter
1916Struggling HeartsDirector, Scriptwriter
1916Tales of the TypewriterDirector, Scriptwriter
1916White NightsDirector, Scriptwriter
1915The Officer's SwordknotDirector
1914Watchhouse in the CarpathiansDirector