FILM DIRECTOR

Alexander Korda

1893 - 1956

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Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; Hungarian: Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian–born British film director, producer, and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in Hungary, where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief periods there (the other was during World War II). The change led to a divorce from his first wife, the Hungarian film actress María Corda, who was unable to make the transition from silent films to "talkies" because of her Hungarian accent. From 1930, Korda was active in the British film industry, and soon became one of its leading figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Korda is the 446th most popular film director (down from 380th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Austria (down from 452nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexander Korda ranks 446 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Tourneur, Wolfgang Reitherman, Alf Sjöberg, Russ Meyer, Alberto Lattuada, and Václav Vorlíček. After him are Chuck Lorre, Jan Troell, Ernst Marischka, Jerzy Hoffman, Maya Deren, and Néstor Almendros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Alexander Korda ranks 104. Before him are Alois Hába, Oscar Torp, Edsel Ford, Charlotte Bühler, Ivan Panfilov, and Edna Parker. After him are Ernst Marischka, Kathryn Adams, Mikheil Gelovani, Israel Joshua Singer, Dorothy Parker, and Léopold Szondi. Among people deceased in 1956, Alexander Korda ranks 84. Before him are Infante Alfonso of Spain, Lev Rudnev, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Julien Benda, Ludwig Klages, and Alexander Gretchaninov. After him are Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Mikheil Gelovani, Ernst Robert Curtius, Alexander Fadeyev, Israel Zolli, and Auguste Chevalier.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alexander Korda ranks 497 out of 1,424. Before him are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894), Maria von Trapp (1905), Petar Brzica (1917), Leopold Figl (1902), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Victor Babeș (1854). After him are Thomas Gold (1920), Ernst Marischka (1893), Sylvester Stadler (1910), Ernst Ocwirk (1926), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), and Maria Schicklgruber (1795).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Alexander Korda ranks 6. Before him are Fritz Lang (1890), Max Reinhardt (1873), Erich von Stroheim (1885), Josef von Sternberg (1894), and Gustav Ucicky (1899). After him are Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Hans Hass (1919), Richard Oswald (1880), Harald Reinl (1908), and Joe May (1880).

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