Willard Van Dyke
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 5, 1906, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Died
- January 23, 1986
- Movies
- 19
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1997 | Birth of a Nation | Self |
| 1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life | Self (archive footage) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1963 | The American Negro | Producer |
| 1960 | Land of White Alice | Director |
| 1959 | Skyscraper | Director, Producer |
| 1956 | Mayo florido | Director |
| 1955 | The One with White Shanks | Director |
| 1954 | The Lonely Night | Producer |
| 1953 | American Frontier | Director, Producer |
| 1950 | This Charming Couple | Director |
| 1948 | The Photographer | Director |
| 1947 | Journey Into Medicine | Director |
| 1947 | To Hear Your Banjo Play | Producer, Director |
| 1944 | Steel Town | Director |
| 1940 | Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men | Director, Writer |
| 1940 | The Children Must Learn | Director |
| 1940 | Tall Tales | Director |
| 1939 | The City | Director |
| 1934 | Hands | Director |
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