Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda · Arts & Literature
Founded London Films in 1932 and gave Britain a film industry of its own; the first film-maker to be knighted.
16 September 1893, Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) — 23 January 1956, London, United Kingdom
Hungary, Austria, Germany, Hollywood, then London
Alexander Korda is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Founded London Films in 1932 and gave Britain a film industry of its own; the first film-maker to be knighted.
Alexander Korda was born Sándor László Kellner into a Jewish family in Pusztatúrpásztó, in Austria-Hungary. He began in Hungarian cinema, worked in Austria and Germany during the silent era, spent a first stretch in Hollywood from 1926, and from 1930 made Britain his ground. London Films, which he founded in 1932, gave the country a studio that could answer Hollywood: The Private Life of Henry VIII, Things to Come, The Thief of Bagdad, The Third Man.
In 1942 he became the first film-maker ever knighted. His brothers Zoltán directed and Vincent designed; the three of them made much of British cinema between them.
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Founded London Films in 1932 and gave Britain a film industry of its own; the first film-maker to be knighted.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Korda
