Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 15, 1892
Died
Jul 21, 1950
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Credits
39 titles
Rex Ingram
Biography
Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim, who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker, but often went way over budget. In 1924, Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young director Michael Powell.
Known For
Filmography
Baroud
André Duval
Baroud
Director
L'évadée
Art Direction
The Three Passions
Director
The Garden of Allah
Director
The Magician
Director
Mare Nostrum
Director
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Arab
Director
Scaramouche
Director
Mary of the Movies
(uncredited)
Where the Pavement Ends
Director
Trifling Women
Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
Director
Turn to the Right
Director
The Conquering Power
Director
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Director
Hearts Are Trumps
Director
Under Crimson Skies
Director
Shore Acres
Director
The Day She Paid
Director
Humdrum Brown
Director
His Robe of Honor
Director
The Little Terror
Director
The Flower of Doom
Director
The Pulse of Life
Director
The Reward of the Faithless
Director
Black Orchids
Director
The Chalice of Sorrow
Director
Broken Fetters
Screenplay
The Great Problem
Director
The Galley Slave
Writer
The Wonderful Adventure
Scenario Writer
The Song of Hate
Writer
Should a Mother Tell
Scenario Writer
Snatched from a Burning Death
Chandler, the lover
The Evil Men Do
Margaret's Companion
The Moonshine Maid and the Man
Beau Brummel