King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894–November 1, 1982) was an American film director.
He was born in Galveston, Texas, and survived the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.
A freelance newsreel cameraman and cinema projectionist , he made his debut as a director in 1913 with the two-reel film In Tow. In Hollywood from 1915, he worked on a variety of film-related jobs before directing a feature film, The Turn of the Road in 1919. A successful mounting of Peg o' My Heart in 1922 got him a long term contract with MGM. Nominated five times for an Oscar, he received an honorary award in 1979.
He directed his last film, a documentary called The Metaphor, in 1980.
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