Director
Willard Van Dyke
119 years · Denver, Colorado, USA · 15 films
Willard Van Dyke (December 5, 1906 – January 23, 1986) was an American filmmaker, photographer, arts administrator, teacher, and former director of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art. Van Dyke went to the University of California, dropping out for a time to avoid taking an ROTC course. Van Dyke died in January 23, 1986 of a heart attack on his way to Cambridge, Mass., where he was named Laureate Artist in Residence at Harvard. He was 79 years old. Van Dyke is survived by his second wife, the former Barbara Millikin, of New York; a daughter, Alison Van Dyke, of Ithaca, N.Y.; three sons, Peter of New York City; Murray of Santa Fe and Neil of Stowe, Vt., and six grandchildren. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Van Dyke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 15
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
On DocAlliance Films
The American Negro
1963 · Producer
Land of White Alice
1960 · Director
Skyscraper
1959 · Director, Producer
On Criterion Channel
This Charming Couple
1950 · Director
The Photographer
1948 · Cinematography, Director
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 · Producer, Director
Steel Town
1944 · Director
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940 · Director, Writer
Tall Tales
1940 · Director
The City
1939 · Director, Cinematography
The River
1938 · Cinematography
On Hoopla
The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America
1937 · Cinematography
Hands
1934 · Director