Rex Ingram

Directeur, Éditeur, Producteur, Scénariste, Acteur

15 janvier 1892 — 21 juillet 1950 (58 ans)
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 Michael Powell.

Connue pour

  • Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
    Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse1921
  • Ben-Hur
    Ben-Hur1925
  • Le Magicien
    Le Magicien1926
  • Scaramouche
    Scaramouche1923
  • Le Prisonnier de Zenda
    Le Prisonnier de Zenda1922
  • Eugénie Grandet
    Eugénie Grandet1921
  • Baroud
    Baroud1933
  • Baroud
    Baroud1932
  • Le jardin d'Allah
    Le jardin d'Allah1927

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