Victor Fleming
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Victor Lonzo Fleming February 23, 1889 La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States |
| Died | January 6, 1949 (aged 59) Cottonwood, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation | Director, cinematographer, producer |
| Years active | 1910–1949 |
| Spouse(s) | Lucile Rosson (1933–1949) |
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) 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. Fleming has two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list.
Victor Fleming was born at the Banbury Ranch near present-date La Cañada Flintridge, California, the son of Elizabeth Evaleen (née Hartman) and William Alonzo "Lon" Fleming, who worked in the water industry in Pasadena. His mother was of part German descent.
He served in the photographic section during World War I, and acted as chief photographer for President Woodrow Wilson in Versailles, France. He showed a mechanical aptitude early in life; while working as a car mechanic, he met the director Allan Dwan, who took him on as a camera assistant. He soon rose to the rank of cinematographer, working with both Dwan and D. W. Griffith, and directed his first film in 1919.
Many of his silent films were action movies, often starring Douglas Fairbanks, or Westerns. Because of his robust attitude and love of outdoor sports, he became known as a "man's director"; however, he also proved an effective director of women. Under his direction, Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar, Hattie McDaniel won for Best Supporting Actress, and Olivia De Havilland was nominated.
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