Vincent Korda

Vincent Korda
Born	22 June 1897 Túrkeve, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Died	4 January 1979 (aged 81) London, England
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1931–1964
Spouse(s)	Leila Hyde (1947–?) (her death) Gertrude Musgrove (?–?)

Vincent Korda (22 June 1897 – 4 January 1979) was a Hungarian-born art director, later settling in Britain. Born in Túrkeve in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was the younger brother of Alexander and Zoltán Korda. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning once.

He died in London, England. He is the father of writer and editor Michael Korda.^[1]

Academy Awards

Korda won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for three more:

Won

• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)^[2]

Nominated

• That Hamilton Woman (1941)^[3]
• Jungle Book (1942)^[4]
• The Longest Day (1962)^[5]

Selected filmography

• Paradise for Two (1937)

References

1. Korda, Michael (1999). Another life : a memoir of other people (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0679456597.
2. "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
3. "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
4. "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
5. "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

External links

• Vincent Korda at the Internet Movie Database