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Victor Fleming
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American film director, cinematographer, and producer (1889–1949)
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Victor Fleming was an American film director, producer, and cinematographer whose career began in 1910. Born in Pasadena on February 23, 1889, he worked in the directing department and had works included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He received the Academy Award for Best Director and holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fleming died of a myocardial infarction in Cottonwood on January 6, 1949. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. While some records associate the name with audiobook and thriller genres or list works such as *Urban Jellyfish* and *We Hold These Truths*, these appear to refer to different individuals or data errors, as the primary biographical details align with the American filmmaker.
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Victor Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.
Known for
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (archive footage)1999
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic — Self (archive footage)1990
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self1940
- Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks — Self1931
- When the Clouds Roll By — Himself1919
- Oz — Self (archive footage)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Family name
- Fleming
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pasadena
- Place of death
- Cottonwood
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Gone with the Wind
- Image
- Victor Fleming (1927 headshot).jpg
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- Commons category
- Victor Fleming
- date of birth
- 1889-02-23
- date of death
- 1949-01-06
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Commons Creator page
- Victor Fleming
- name in native language
- Victor Fleming
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Victor Fleming
- start of work period
- 1910-00-00
- end of work period
- 1948-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
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