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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 Zoltan Korda. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning once, for The Thief of Bagdad (1940).
He died in London, England. He is the father of writer and editor Michael Korda.
Academy Awards
Best Art Direction, Color
Known For
The Third Man
(1949)
Set Designer
Things to Come
(1936)
Art Direction
The Longest Day
(1962)
Art Direction
The Thief of Bagdad
(1940)
Production Design
Jungle Book
(1942)
Production Design
Perfect Strangers
(1945)
Art Direction
Summertime
(1955)
Production Design
To Be or Not to Be
(1942)
Production Design
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
Art Direction
The Fallen Idol
(1948)
Set Designer
The Four Feathers
(1939)
Production Design
That Hamilton Woman
(1941)
Production Design
Marius
(1931)
Art Direction
Rembrandt
(1936)
Settings
Q Planes
(1939)
Supervising Art Director
The Squeaker
(1937)
Set Designer
Full Filmography
Art
Marius
(1931)
Art Direction
Wedding Rehearsal
(1932)
Art Direction
Men of Tomorrow
(1932)
Settings
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
Set Designer
La Dame de chez Maxim's
(1933)
Art Direction
The Girl from Maxim's
(1933)
Art Direction
The Rise of Catherine the Great
(1934)
Settings
The Private Life of Don Juan
(1934)
Settings
The Ghost Goes West
(1935)
Set Designer
Things to Come
(1936)
Art Direction
Men Are Not Gods
(1936)
Art Direction
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
(1936)
Set Designer
Rembrandt
(1936)
Settings
Action for Slander
(1937)
Supervising Art Director
The Squeaker
(1937)
Set Designer
The Challenge
(1938)
Supervising Art Director
Over the Moon
(1939)
Art Direction
Q Planes
(1939)
Supervising Art Director
The Spy in Black
(1939)
Supervising Art Director
The Four Feathers
(1939)
Production Design
The Lion Has Wings
(1939)
Supervising Art Director
The Thief of Bagdad
(1940)
Production Design
21 Days Together
(1940)
Production Design
That Hamilton Woman
(1941)
Production Design
Lydia
(1941)
Production Design
Old Bill and Son
(1941)
Art Direction
Major Barbara
(1941)
Art Direction
Jungle Book
(1942)
Production Design
To Be or Not to Be
(1942)
Production Design
Perfect Strangers
(1945)
Art Direction
An Ideal Husband
(1947)
Set Designer
The Fallen Idol
(1948)
Set Designer
Bonnie Prince Charlie
(1948)
Art Direction
The Third Man
(1949)
Set Designer
Outcast of the Islands
(1951)
Production Design
The Holly and the Ivy
(1952)
Set Designer
The Sound Barrier
(1952)
Set Designer
Home at Seven
(1952)
Set Decoration
Malaga
(1954)
Production Design
The Deep Blue Sea
(1955)
Production Design
Summertime
(1955)
Production Design
Scent of Mystery
(1960)
Production Design
The Longest Day
(1962)
Art Direction
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
Art Direction