Rex Ingram
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing28
Baroud
1933
Director
movieBaroud
1932
Director
movieThe Three Passions
1928
Director
movieThe Garden of Allah
1927
Director
movieThe Magician
1926
Director
movieMare Nostrum
1926
Director
movieThe Arab
1924
Director
movieScaramouche
1923
Director
movieWhere the Pavement Ends
1923
Director
movieTrifling Women
1922
Director
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1922
Director
movieTurn to the Right
1922
Director
movieThe Conquering Power
1921
Director
movieUnder Crimson Skies
1920
Director
Shore Acres
1920
Director
movieThe Day She Paid
1919
Director
movieHumdrum Brown
1918
Director
movieHis Robe of Honor
1918
Director
movieThe Little Terror
1917
Director
movieThe Flower of Doom
1917
Director
movieThe Pulse of Life
1917
Director
movieBlack Orchids
1917
Director
movieThe Chalice of Sorrow
1916
Director
movieBroken Fetters
1916
Director
movieThe Great Problem
1916
Director
Writing18
movieBaroud
1932
Writer
movieThe Magician
1926
Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThe Arab
1924
Writer
movieWhere the Pavement Ends
1923
Adaptation
movieTrifling Women
1922
Writer
movieThe Reward of the Faithless
1917
Scenario Writer
movieBlack Orchids
1917
Scenario Writer
movieBroken Fetters
1916
Screenplay, Scenario Writer
movieThe Great Problem
1916
Scenario Writer, Writer
movieThe Wonderful Adventure
1915
Scenario Writer
movieShould a Mother Tell
1915
Scenario Writer, Story
Production8
Baroud
1933
Producer
movieL'évadée
1929
Producer
movieThe Magician
1926
Producer
movieMare Nostrum
1926
Producer
movieScaramouche
1923
Producer
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1922
Producer
movieThe Conquering Power
1921
Producer
Shore Acres
1920
Producer
Acting7
Baroud
1933
André Duval
movieCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
Charles Stewart Parnell
movieMary of the Movies
1923
(uncredited)
movieSnatched from a Burning Death
1915
Chandler, the lover
movieThe Evil Men Do
1915
Margaret's Companion
Art1
movieL'évadée
1929
Art Direction