FILM DIRECTOR

Victor Fleming

1889 - 1949

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Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz (both 1939). Fleming has those same two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Fleming is the 123rd most popular film director (down from 122nd in 2019), the 1,070th most popular biography from United States (down from 837th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Film Director.

Victor Fleming is most famous for directing the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Victor Fleming ranks 123 out of 2,041. Before him are William Hanna, Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Peter Jackson. After him are Claude Lelouch, René Clément, Giuseppe Tornatore, Max Reinhardt, James Gunn, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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Among people born in 1889, Victor Fleming ranks 30. Before him are Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, Risto Ryti, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Jacob L. Moreno. After him are Vasily Blyukher, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Zalman Shazar, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Pitirim Sorokin, and Mercédès Jellinek. Among people deceased in 1949, Victor Fleming ranks 20. Before him are Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Charles Ponzi, Klaus Mann, Axel Munthe, Angela Hitler, and Elton Mayo. After him are Edward Stettinius Jr., Fyodor Tolbukhin, Nathuram Godse, Kim Koo, Félix d'Herelle, and Henri Giraud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Fleming ranks 1,070 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Rubin (1963), Stanley Tucci (1960), Drew Weissman (1959), Ali MacGraw (1939), Alan Arkin (1934), and Wallace Carothers (1896). After him are John Browning (1855), Kamehameha I (1758), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Suzi Quatro (1950), Benjamin Thompson (1753), and Judith Butler (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Victor Fleming ranks 36. Before him are Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), Jules Dassin (1911), William Hanna (1910), Wes Craven (1939), and Sam Peckinpah (1925). After him are James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), David Fincher (1962), Michael Cimino (1939), George A. Romero (1940), and Terrence Malick (1943).

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