Willard Van Dyke

Directing·Dec 5, 1906·Denver, Colorado, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Birth of a Nation1997 · Self	Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The American Negro1963 · Producer	Producer
Land of White Alice1960 · Director	Director
Skyscraper1959 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMayo florido1956 · Director	Director
TThe One with White Shanks1955 · Director	Director
TThe Lonely Night1954 · Producer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director of Photography
AAmerican Frontier1953 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
This Charming Couple1950 · Director	Director
The Photographer1948 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
JJourney Into Medicine1947 · Director	Director
To Hear Your Banjo Play1947 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Steel Town1944 · Director	Director
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men1940 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Children Must Learn1940 · Director	Director
Tall Tales1940 · Director	Director
The City1939 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The River1938 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America1937 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Hands1934 · Director	Director
TThe Year's WorkDirector	Director
TThe BridgeDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
HHeaded for TroubleDirector	Director