Willard Van Dyke
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 5, 1906
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Died
- January 23, 1986
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.
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Movies with Willard Van Dyke
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986 · ★ 8.4
- Birth of a Nation 1997 · ★ 7.0
Movies directed by Willard Van Dyke
- The City 1939 · ★ 6.0
- Skyscraper 1959 · ★ 7.2
- Hands 1934 · ★ 6.4
- Journey Into Medicine 1947 · ★ 6.7
- Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men 1940 · ★ 7.5
- To Hear Your Banjo Play 1947 · ★ 4.5
- The Photographer 1948 · ★ 8.5
- American Frontier 1953 · ★ 10.0
- The Children Must Learn 1940 · ★ 6.0
- This Charming Couple 1950
- The One with White Shanks 1955
- Mayo florido 1956
- Tall Tales 1940
- Land of White Alice 1960
- Steel Town 1944