Rex Ingram
Directing
Biography
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 Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young director Michael Powell.
Filmography 34
Movies (34)
- Baroud1933André Duval
Baroud1932Directing
The Three Passions1928Directing
The Garden of Allah1927Directing
The Magician1926Directing
Mare Nostrum1926Directing
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette1926Charles Stewart Parnell
The Arab1924Directing
Scaramouche1923Directing
Mary of the Movies1923(uncredited)
Where the Pavement Ends1923Directing
Trifling Women1922Directing
The Prisoner of Zenda1922Directing
Turn to the Right1922Directing
The Conquering Power1921Directing
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921Directing- Hearts Are Trumps1920Directing
Under Crimson Skies1920Directing- Shore Acres1920Directing
The Day She Paid1919Directing
Humdrum Brown1918Directing
His Robe of Honor1918Directing
The Little Terror1917Directing
The Flower of Doom1917Directing
The Pulse of Life1917Directing
The Reward of the Faithless1917Directing
Black Orchids1917Directing
The Chalice of Sorrow1916Directing
Broken Fetters1916Directing
The Great Problem1916Directing