Sir Alexander Korda (16 September 1893 - 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.
The elder brother of future filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent Korda, Korda was born as Sándor László Kellner to a Jewish family in Pusztatúrpásztó in Hungary (Austria-Hungary), where he...
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Sir Alexander Korda (16 September 1893 - 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian-born British film director and producer. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.
The elder brother of future filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent Korda, Korda was born as Sándor László Kellner to a Jewish family in Pusztatúrpásztó in Hungary (Austria-Hungary), where he worked as a journalist (supporting the Hungarian Soviet Republic) before going into films as a producer. He also worked in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and Hollywood, becoming director of United Artists. He worked closely with many artists on his films, including his Hungarian friend, painter and set designer Emile Lahner.
The first film Korda made in the United States, in 1927, was titled The Stolen Bride. By 1932 he made 16 more films in the U.S. The last one, Service for Ladies, was made in 1931 and released in 1932 after Korda had already...
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