Rex Ingram

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Rex Ingram

Directing January 15, 1892

Dublin, Ireland

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 hag…

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

6.6 1921 Movie
The Magician

The Magician

6.1 1926 Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

6.4 1922 Movie
Scaramouche

Scaramouche

7.2 1923 Movie
Mare Nostrum

Mare Nostrum

5.9 1926 Movie
The Conquering Power

The Conquering Power

6.1 1921 Movie
The Three Passions

The Three Passions

6.0 1928 Movie
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

4.2 1926 Movie
The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah

10.0 1927 Movie
Humdrum Brown

Humdrum Brown

1918 Movie
Mary of the Movies

Mary of the Movies

8.0 1923 Movie
The Arab

The Arab

6.7 1924 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1933
    Baroud

    Movie André Duval

  2. 1932
    Baroud

    Movie Director

  3. 1929
    L'évadée

    Movie Art Direction

  4. 1928
    The Three Passions

    Movie Director

  5. 1927
    The Garden of Allah

    Movie Director

  6. 1926
    The Magician

    Movie Director

  7. 1926
    Mare Nostrum

    Movie Director

  8. 1926
    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Movie Charles Stewart Parnell

  9. 1924
    The Arab

    Movie Director

  10. 1923
    Scaramouche

    Movie Director

  11. 1923
    Mary of the Movies

    Movie (uncredited)

  12. 1923
    Where the Pavement Ends

    Movie Director

  13. 1922
    Trifling Women

    Movie Director

  14. 1922
    The Prisoner of Zenda

    Movie Director

  15. 1922
    Turn to the Right

    Movie Director

  16. 1921
    The Conquering Power

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1921
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Movie Director

  2. 1920
    Hearts Are Trumps

    Movie Director

  3. 1920
    Under Crimson Skies

    Movie Director

  4. 1920
    Shore Acres

    Movie Director

  5. 1919
    The Day She Paid

    Movie Director

  6. 1918
    Humdrum Brown

    Movie Director

  7. 1918
    His Robe of Honor

    Movie Director

  8. 1917
    The Little Terror

    Movie Director

  9. 1917
    The Flower of Doom

    Movie Director

  10. 1917
    The Pulse of Life

    Movie Director

  11. 1917
    The Reward of the Faithless

    Movie Director

  12. 1917
    Black Orchids

    Movie Director

  13. 1916
    The Chalice of Sorrow

    Movie Director

  14. 1916
    Broken Fetters

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1916
    The Great Problem

    Movie Director

  16. 1915
    The Galley Slave

    Movie Writer

  17. 1915
    The Wonderful Adventure

    Movie Scenario Writer

  18. 1915
    The Song of Hate

    Movie Writer

  19. 1915
    Should a Mother Tell

    Movie Scenario Writer

  20. 1915
    Snatched from a Burning Death

    Movie Chandler, the lover

  21. 1915
    The Evil Men Do

    Movie Margaret's Companion

  22. 1914
    The Moonshine Maid and the Man

    Movie

  23. 1913
    Beau Brummel

    Movie