Vincent Korda
Vincent Korda ( born June 20, 1896 in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria - Hungary, † January 4, 1979 in London, United Kingdom ) was a Hungarian art director, who, like his elder brother, the director Alexander Korda, made a successful career in the British film. His other older brother Zoltan Korda was also a director in the UK.
Life
Vincent Korda had painting studies undertaken in Budapest, Vienna, Florence and Paris, where he settled as a painter. His brother Alexander then hired him as a designer for the film Marius. 1932 also moved Vincent to London, where Alexander was much involved in the establishment of the British film industry and big successes celebrated. For him, Vincent paid as a result, almost all large and showpieces from, including numerous historical, costume and Kolonialepen that often British history and the Empire celebrated, as in The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Scarlet Flower, Bosambo, risk at Doro passport and Four Feathers. Besides, he also visited the famous London stage - the Old Vic Theatre - from. Other equipment works, he took over for his brother Zoltan films.
Is for the science fiction film What come he created futuristic scenes, but his most important work was the remake of The Thief of Bagdad (1940 ), who created a hitherto unknown in the British film degree of splendor and wealth of imagination. For his numerous backdrop ideas for palaces, harems, an Arab model city, treasure sanctuary, artificial mountain landscape and other in this film he won an Oscar for "Best Production Design ".
A little later, after completion of the film, he left together with brother Alexander London to Hollywood, where he was filmed in 1941 largely inactive since USA entered the war. Only after his return in 1945 he worked as a set designer or production designer again. From the mid- 1950s, Vincent Korda was barely scenes for the film. His last work was the major U.S. production The longest day and the anthology film The Yellow Rolls Royce.
His son is the writer and editor Michael Korda.