Vincent Korda

{{Short description|Hungarian art director (1897–1979)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Vincent Korda

| image = VincentKorda.jpg

| birth_name = Kellner Vince

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|6|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (today part of Túrkeve, Hungary){{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/benezit/search?isQuickSearch=true&q=korda&searchBtn=Search&siteToSearch=benezit|title=Search Results for korda|website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|1|4|1897|6|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chelsea, London, England

| spouse = Leila Rubin, née Hyde
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1947; {{abbr|d.|died}} 1972)
Gertrude Musgrove
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1933; {{abbr|dv|divorced}} 1942){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/06/archives/vincent-korda-noted-as-movie-art-director-and-as-artist-was-81.html|title=Vincent Korda, Noted As Movie Art Director And as Artist, Was 81|work=The New York Times |date=6 January 1979|via=NYTimes.com}}

| children = 4, including Michael Korda

| family = Alexander Korda (brother)
Zoltan Korda (brother)
Chris Korda (granddaughter)

| occupation = Artist, Art director

| yearsactive = 1918–1964

}}

Vincent Korda (22 June 1897 – 4 January 1979) was a Hungarian-born artist and art director, born in Túrkeve in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From 1918 to 1921 he lived and worked in the Nagybánya artists' colony, which was then a town in eastern Hungary. He continued to work as an artist in Paris and Cagnes-sur-Mer from 1923 to 1933. He become an art director in 1931, settling in Britain in 1933. He was the younger brother of Alexander and Zoltan Korda. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning once. He died in London, England. He is the father of four children, including writer and editor Michael Korda, and the grandfather of Chris Korda.{{cite book|last1=Korda|first1=Michael|title=Another life : a memoir of other people|url=https://archive.org/details/anotherlifememoi00kord|url-access=registration|date=1999|publisher=Random House|location=New York|isbn=0679456597|edition=1st}}

Academy Awards

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

Won

  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941 |title=The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners |access-date=12 August 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093728/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/13th-winners.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}

Nominated

  • That Hamilton Woman (1941){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |access-date=13 August 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/14th-winners.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}
  • Jungle Book (1942){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners |access-date=13 August 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}
  • The Longest Day (1962){{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners |access-date=23 August 2011|work=oscars.org}}

Filmography

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