
Known for
Directing
Born
January 15, 1892
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Died
July 21, 1950 (aged 58)
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 T...
1980
1933
as André Duval, Director, Producer
1932
Director, Writer
1929
Art Direction, Producer
1928
Director, Writer
1927
Director
1926
Director, Producer, Adaptation, Screenplay
1926
Director, Producer
1926
as Charles Stewart Parnell
1924
Director, Writer
1923
Director, Producer
1923
as (uncredited)
1923
Director, Adaptation
1922
Director, Writer
1922
Director, Producer
1922
Director
1921
Director, Producer
1921
1920
Director
1920
Director
1920
Director, Producer
1919
Director
1918
Director
1918
Director
1917
Director, Story