Biography
Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim, who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker, but often went way over budget. In 1924, Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young director Michael Powell.
Directed
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) — Director
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The Magician (1926) — Director
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) — Director
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Scaramouche (1923) — Director
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Mare Nostrum (1926) — Director
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The Conquering Power (1921) — Director
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The Three Passions (1928) — Director
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The Arab (1924) — Director
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Trifling Women (1922) — Director
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Black Orchids (1917) — Director
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Baroud (1932) — Director
- Baroud (1933) — Director
- Shore Acres (1920) — Director
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Under Crimson Skies (1920) — Director
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Where the Pavement Ends (1923) — Director
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The Garden of Allah (1927) — Director
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Turn to the Right (1922) — Director
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The Day She Paid (1919) — Director
- Hearts Are Trumps (1920) — Director
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Humdrum Brown (1918) — Director
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The Chalice of Sorrow (1916) — Director
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The Flower of Doom (1917) — Director
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Broken Fetters (1916) — Director
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The Great Problem (1916) — Director
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The Reward of the Faithless (1917) — Director
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The Little Terror (1917) — Director
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The Pulse of Life (1917) — Director
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His Robe of Honor (1918) — Director
