Willard Van Dyke

Biography

Willard Van Dyke (December 5, 1906 – January 23, 1986) was an American filmmaker, photographer, arts administrator, teacher, and former director of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art. Van Dyke went to the University of California, dropping out for a time to avoid taking an ROTC course. Van Dyke died in January 23, 1986 of a heart attack on his way to Cambridge, Mass., where he was named Laureate Artist in Residence at Harvard. He was 79 years old. Van Dyke is survived by his second wife, the former Barbara Millikin, of New York; a daughter, Alison Van Dyke, of Ithaca, N.Y.; three sons, Peter of New York City; Murray of Santa Fe and Neil of Stowe, Vt., and six grandchildren. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Van Dyke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Directed

1. The City (1939) — Director
2. Skyscraper (1959) — Director
3. Hands (1934) — Director
4. Journey Into Medicine (1947) — Director
5. Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men (1940) — Director
6. To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) — Director
7. The Photographer (1948) — Director
8. American Frontier (1953) — Director
9. The Children Must Learn (1940) — Director
10. This Charming Couple (1950) — Director
11. The One with White Shanks (1955) — Director
12. Mayo florido (1956) — Director
13. Tall Tales (1940) — Director
14. Land of White Alice (1960) — Director
15. Steel Town (1944) — Director
16. The Year's Work — Director
17. The Bridge — Director
18. Headed for Trouble — Director

Also appeared in

1. He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) — Self (archive footage)
2. Birth of a Nation (1997) — Self