Victor Fleming (I) (1889–1949)

Director | Cinematographer | Producer

Victor Fleming entered the film business as a stuntman in 1910, mainly doing stunt driving - which ...

Born: February 23, 1889
Died: January 6, 1949 (age 59)

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Filmography

Known For

Gone with the Wind Director (1939)
The Wizard of Oz Director (1939)
Test Pilot Director (1938)
Known For

Captains Courageous Director (1937)
Director

The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
Ford Star Jubilee (1956)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Adventure (1945)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Great Waltz (1938)
Test Pilot (1938)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Good Earth (1937)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
Reckless (1935)
Treasure Island (1934)
Bombshell (1933)
The White Sister (1933)
Red Dust (1932)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
Renegades (1930)
Common Clay (1930)
The Virginian (1929)
The Wolf Song (1929)
The Awakening (1928)
Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
The Rough Riders (1927)
Hula (1927)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Mantrap (1926)
The Blind Goddess (1926)
Lord Jim (1925)
A Son of His Father (1925)
The Devil's Cargo (1925)
Adventure (1925)
Empty Hands (1924)
Code of the Sea (1924)
The Call of the Canyon (1923)
To the Last Man (1923)
Law of the Lawless (1923)
Dark Secrets (1923)
Anna Ascends (1922)
Red Hot Romance (1922)
The Lane That Had No Turning (1922)
Woman's Place (1921)
Mama's Affair (1921)
The Mollycoddle (1920)
Director

When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
Producer

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Red Dust (1932)
Renegades (1930)
The Blind Goddess (1926)
Producer

Adventure (1925)
Actor

The Envoy Extraordinary Minor Role (1914)
Writer

When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
Cinematographer

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
His Majesty, the American (1919)
Reaching for the Moon (1917)
Down to Earth (1917)
Wild and Woolly (1917)
The Americano (1916)
The Matrimaniac (1916)
American Aristocracy (1916)
Manhattan Madness (1916)
The Half-Breed (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Macbeth (1916)
The Good Bad Man (1916)
Little Meena's Romance (1916)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
Cinematographer

Betty of Greystone (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1915)
Archive footage

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
Biography (2003)
Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
Secret Lives (1996)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Archive footage

Hollywood (1980)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The Great Waltz (1938)
The Crowd Roars (1938)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Camera and Electrical Department

A Modern Musketeer (1917)

Awards

Did You Know

He was working as a chauffeur for a wealthy family when he met director Allan Dwan in 1913. When the director began talking to him about repairing his own car, he discovered Fleming was knowledgeable about cameras and offered him a job as assistant ...

Quotes

[To David O. Selznick after being offered a percentage of the profits rather than a salary for directing Gone with the Wind (1939)] Don't be a damn fool, David. This picture is going to be one of the biggest white elephants of all time.