{{Short description|Hungarian art director (1897–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{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]])<ref>{{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}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|1|4|1897|6|22|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London, England | spouse = Leila Rubin, née Hyde<br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 1947; {{abbr|d.|died}} 1972)<br>Gertrude Musgrove <br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 1933; {{abbr|dv|divorced}} 1942)<ref name="auto">{{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}}</ref> | children = 4, including [[Michael Korda]] | family = [[Alexander Korda]] (brother)<br> [[Zoltan Korda]] (brother) <br> [[Chris Korda]] (granddaughter) | occupation = [[Artist]], [[Art director#In film|Art director]] | yearsactive = 1918–1964 }}
'''Vincent Korda''' (22 June 1897 – 4 January 1979) was a Hungarian-born [[artist]]<ref name="auto"/> 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 film|art director]] in 1931, settling in Britain in 1933. He was the younger brother of [[Alexander Korda|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]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name=Another>{{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}}</ref>
==Academy Awards== Korda won an [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] and was nominated for three more:
'''Won''' * ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940)<ref name="Oscars1941">{{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 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
'''Nominated''' * ''[[That Hamilton Woman]]'' (1941)<ref name="Oscars1942">{{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 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> * ''[[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book|Jungle Book]]'' (1942)<ref name="Oscars1943">{{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 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> * ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962)<ref name="Oscars1963">{{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}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[Marius (1931 film)|Marius]]'' (1931) * ''[[Longing for the Sea]]'' (1931) * ''[[Men of Tomorrow (1932 film)|Men of Tomorrow]]'' (1932) * ''[[Wedding Rehearsal]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Girl from Maxim's (1933 film)|The Girl from Maxim's]]'' (1933) * ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]'' (1933) * ''[[The Rise of Catherine the Great]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Private Life of Don Juan]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Ghost Goes West]]'' (1935) * ''[[Moscow Nights (1935 film)|Moscow Nights]]'' (1935) * ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Man Who Could Work Miracles]]'' (1936) * ''[[Rembrandt (1936 film)|Rembrandt]]'' (1936) * ''[[Men Are Not Gods]]'' (1936) * ''[[Paradise for Two (1937 film)|Paradise for Two]]'' (1937) * ''[[Action for Slander]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Squeaker (1937 film)|The Squeaker]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Drum (1938 film)|The Drum]]'' (1938) * ''[[Prison Without Bars]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Challenge (1938 film)|The Challenge]]'' (1938) * ''[[Over the Moon (1939 film)|Over the Moon]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Spy in Black]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Lion Has Wings]]'' (1939) * ''[[Q Planes]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940) * ''[[21 Days]]'' (1940) * ''[[Major Barbara (film)|Major Barbara]]'' (1941) * ''[[Old Bill and Son]]'' (1941) * ''[[That Hamilton Woman]]'' (1941) * ''[[Lydia (film)|Lydia]]'' (1941) * ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1942) * ''[[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book|The Jungle Book]]'' (1942) * ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1945) * ''[[An Ideal Husband (1947 film)|An Ideal Husband]]'' (1947) * ''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]'' (1948) * ''[[Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film)|Bonnie Prince Charlie]]'' (1948) * ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949) * ''[[Outcast of the Islands]]'' (1951) * ''[[Home at Seven (film)|Home at Seven]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Sound Barrier]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Holly and the Ivy (film)|The Holly and the Ivy]]'' (1952) * ''[[Malaga (1954 film)|Malaga]]'' (1954) * ''[[Summertime (1955 film)|Summertime]]'' (1955) * ''[[Storm Over the Nile]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (1955 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1955) * ''[[Scent of Mystery|Holiday in Spain]]'' (1960) * ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]'' (1964) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0466112}}
{{Academy Award Best Production Design |state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}}
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