Profile
Victor Fleming
Film Director
Male
Born
Feb 23, 1889
Hometown
Pasadena, California
Died
Jan 6, 1949
Death Place
Cottonwood, Arizona
Other Names
Victor Lonzo Fleming
Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.
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Lucile RossonMarried 1933
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CHILDHOOD
1889
Birth
Born on February 23, 1889.
THIRTIES
1919
30 Years Old
Fleming soon rose to the rank of cinematographer, working with both Dwan and D. W. Griffith, and directed his first film in 1919.
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FORTIES
1932
43 Years Old
In 1932 Fleming joined MGM and directed some of the studio's most prestigious films.
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FIFTIES
1939
50 Years Old
His two most famous films came in 1939, when The Wizard of Oz was closely followed by Gone with the Wind.
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1942
53 Years Old
Fleming's 1942 film version of John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat starred Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr, and Frank Morgan.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1949
60 Years Old
Fleming died suddenly, while en route to a hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona after suffering a heart attack on January 6, 1949.
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