File:Victor_Fleming_(1927_headshot).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Victor Fleming
Sign in to saveAlso known as Victor Lonzo Fleming
American film director, cinematographer, and producer (1889–1949)
OverviewAI-generated
Victor Fleming was an American film director, producer, and cinematographer. Born in Pasadena in 1889, he worked in the film industry from 1910 to 1948. His notable works include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Gone with the Wind, Captains Courageous, and Treasure Island. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Fleming received the Academy Award for Best Director and was also nominated for the same award. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died of a myocardial infarction in Cottonwood in 1949. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
La Cañada, California, USA
Victor Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.
Known for
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (archive footage)1999
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic — Self (archive footage)1990
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self1940
- Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks — Self1931
- When the Clouds Roll By — Himself1919
- Oz — Self (archive footage)
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Family name
- Fleming
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pasadena
- Place of death
- Cottonwood
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Gone with the Wind
- Image
- Victor Fleming (1927 headshot).jpg
Show 12 more facts
- Commons category
- Victor Fleming
- date of birth
- 1889-02-23
- date of death
- 1949-01-06
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Commons Creator page
- Victor Fleming
- name in native language
- Victor Fleming
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Victor Fleming
- start of work period
- 1910-00-00
- end of work period
- 1948-00-00
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz (both 1939). Fleming has those same two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victor Fleming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.