# Vincent Korda > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vincent_Korda > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vincent_Korda.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Korda > Source revision: 1318198446 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Hungarian art director (1897–1979) Vincent Korda Born Kellner Vince (1897-06-22)22 June 1897 Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (today part of Túrkeve, Hungary)[1] Died 4 January 1979(1979-01-04) (aged 81) Chelsea, London, England Occupations Artist, Art director Spouse(s) Leila Rubin, née Hyde (m. 1947; d. 1972) Gertrude Musgrove (m. 1933; dv 1942)[2] Children 4, including Michael Korda Family Alexander Korda (brother) Zoltan Korda (brother) Chris Korda (granddaughter) **Vincent Korda** (22 June 1897 – 4 January 1979) was a Hungarian-born [artist](/source/Artist)[2] and [art director](/source/Art_director), born in [Túrkeve](/source/T%C3%BArkeve) in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From 1918 to 1921 he lived and worked in the [Nagybánya](/source/Nagyb%C3%A1nya) artists' colony, which was then a town in eastern Hungary. He continued to work as an artist in [Paris](/source/Paris) and [Cagnes-sur-Mer](/source/Cagnes-sur-Mer) from 1923 to 1933. He become an [art director](/source/Art_director#In_film) in 1931, settling in Britain in 1933. He was the younger brother of [Alexander](/source/Alexander_Korda) and [Zoltan Korda](/source/Zoltan_Korda). He was nominated for four [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards), winning once. He died in London, England. He is the father of four children, including writer and editor [Michael Korda](/source/Michael_Korda), and the grandfather of [Chris Korda](/source/Chris_Korda).[2][3] ## Academy Awards Korda won an [Academy Award for Best Art Direction](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) and was nominated for three more: **Won** - *[The Thief of Bagdad](/source/The_Thief_of_Bagdad_(1940_film))* (1940)[4] **Nominated** - *[That Hamilton Woman](/source/That_Hamilton_Woman)* (1941)[5] - *[Jungle Book](/source/Rudyard_Kipling's_Jungle_Book)* (1942)[6] - *[The Longest Day](/source/The_Longest_Day_(film))* (1962)[7] ## Filmography - *[Marius](/source/Marius_(1931_film))* (1931) - *[Longing for the Sea](/source/Longing_for_the_Sea)* (1931) - *[Men of Tomorrow](/source/Men_of_Tomorrow_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[Wedding Rehearsal](/source/Wedding_Rehearsal)* (1932) - *[The Girl from Maxim's](/source/The_Girl_from_Maxim's_(1933_film))* (1933) - *[The Private Life of Henry VIII](/source/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII)* (1933) - *[The Rise of Catherine the Great](/source/The_Rise_of_Catherine_the_Great)* (1934) - *[The Private Life of Don Juan](/source/The_Private_Life_of_Don_Juan)* (1934) - *[The Scarlet Pimpernel](/source/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_(1934_film))* (1934) - *[The Ghost Goes West](/source/The_Ghost_Goes_West)* (1935) - *[Moscow Nights](/source/Moscow_Nights_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Things to Come](/source/Things_to_Come)* (1936) - *[The Man Who Could Work Miracles](/source/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles)* (1936) - *[Rembrandt](/source/Rembrandt_(1936_film))* (1936) - *[Men Are Not Gods](/source/Men_Are_Not_Gods)* (1936) - *[Paradise for Two](/source/Paradise_for_Two_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[Action for Slander](/source/Action_for_Slander)* (1937) - *[The Squeaker](/source/The_Squeaker_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[The Drum](/source/The_Drum_(1938_film))* (1938) - *[Prison Without Bars](/source/Prison_Without_Bars)* (1938) - *[The Challenge](/source/The_Challenge_(1938_film))* (1938) - *[Over the Moon](/source/Over_the_Moon_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[The Spy in Black](/source/The_Spy_in_Black)* (1939) - *[The Four Feathers](/source/The_Four_Feathers_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[The Lion Has Wings](/source/The_Lion_Has_Wings)* (1939) - *[Q Planes](/source/Q_Planes)* (1939) - *[The Thief of Bagdad](/source/The_Thief_of_Bagdad_(1940_film))* (1940) - *[21 Days](/source/21_Days)* (1940) - *[Major Barbara](/source/Major_Barbara_(film))* (1941) - *[Old Bill and Son](/source/Old_Bill_and_Son)* (1941) - *[That Hamilton Woman](/source/That_Hamilton_Woman)* (1941) - *[Lydia](/source/Lydia_(film))* (1941) - *[To Be or Not to Be](/source/To_Be_or_Not_to_Be_(1942_film))* (1942) - *[The Jungle Book](/source/Rudyard_Kipling's_Jungle_Book)* (1942) - *[Perfect Strangers](/source/Perfect_Strangers_(1945_film))* (1945) - *[An Ideal Husband](/source/An_Ideal_Husband_(1947_film))* (1947) - *[The Fallen Idol](/source/The_Fallen_Idol_(film))* (1948) - *[Bonnie Prince Charlie](/source/Bonnie_Prince_Charlie_(1948_film))* (1948) - *[The Third Man](/source/The_Third_Man)* (1949) - *[Outcast of the Islands](/source/Outcast_of_the_Islands)* (1951) - *[Home at Seven](/source/Home_at_Seven_(film))* (1952) - *[The Sound Barrier](/source/The_Sound_Barrier)* (1952) - *[The Holly and the Ivy](/source/The_Holly_and_the_Ivy_(film))* (1952) - *[Malaga](/source/Malaga_(1954_film))* (1954) - *[Summertime](/source/Summertime_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[Storm Over the Nile](/source/Storm_Over_the_Nile)* (1955) - *[The Deep Blue Sea](/source/The_Deep_Blue_Sea_(1955_film))* (1955) - *[Holiday in Spain](/source/Scent_of_Mystery)* (1960) - *[The Longest Day](/source/The_Longest_Day_(film))* (1962) - *[The Yellow Rolls-Royce](/source/The_Yellow_Rolls-Royce)* (1964) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Search Results for korda"](https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/benezit/search?isQuickSearch=true&q=korda&searchBtn=Search&siteToSearch=benezit). *Benezit Dictionary of Artists*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_2-2) ["Vincent Korda, Noted As Movie Art Director And as Artist, Was 81"](https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/06/archives/vincent-korda-noted-as-movie-art-director-and-as-artist-was-81.html). *The New York Times*. 6 January 1979 – via NYTimes.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Another_3-0)** Korda, Michael (1999). [*Another life : a memoir of other people*](https://archive.org/details/anotherlifememoi00kord) (1st ed.). New York: Random House. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0679456597](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0679456597). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars1941_4-0)** ["The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093728/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/13th-winners.html). *oscars.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars1942_5-0)** ["The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/14th-winners.html). *oscars.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars1943_6-0)** ["The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html). *oscars.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars1963_7-0)** ["The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners"](http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963). *oscars.org*. Retrieved 23 August 2011. ## External links - [Vincent Korda](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466112/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design Interior Decoration (1927–1939) 1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler Black & White / Color (1940–1946) 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, and Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, and Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, and Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen and A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, and Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, and Edwin B. Willis Art Direction–Set Decoration Black & White / Color (1947–1956) 1947 (bw): John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, and Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, and Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day and George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan and Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, and Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1957: Ted Haworth and Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and F. Keogh Gleason Black & White / Color (1959–1966) 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle / (c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, and Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner and Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, and Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, and Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos / (c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, and George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy and Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, and Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, and John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, and Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, and Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, and Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins and George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, and George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, and Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens 1981–2000 1981: Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing (art); Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp (art) 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein (art); Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. 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