Rex Ingram
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 15, 1892
- Died
- July 21, 1950 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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
Movie · Director
Baroud
Movie · Director
The Three Passions
Movie · Director
The Garden of Allah
Movie · Director
The Magician
Movie · Director
Mare Nostrum
Movie · Director
The Arab
Movie · Director
Scaramouche
Movie · Director
Where the Pavement Ends
Movie · Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Director
Trifling Women
Movie · Director
Turn to the Right
Movie · Director
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie · Director
The Conquering Power
Movie · Director
Under Crimson Skies
Movie · Director
Shore Acres
Movie · Director
Hearts Are Trumps
Movie · Director
The Day She Paid
Movie · Director
Humdrum Brown
Movie · Director
His Robe of Honor
Movie · Director
Black Orchids
Movie · Director
The Flower of Doom
Movie · Director
The Reward of the Faithless
Movie · Director
The Little Terror
Movie · Director
The Pulse of Life
Movie · Director
The Chalice of Sorrow
Movie · Director
Broken Fetters
Movie · Director
The Great Problem
Movie · Director