Director

Willard Van Dyke

Directing

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1157075

IMDb ID: nm0886757

Known for: Directing

Born: December 5, 1906

Died: January 23, 1986

Age: 79

Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1934 - 1997

Years active: 64

Average TMDB rating: 5.7

Wikidata: Q709447

Also known as

W. Van Dyke

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Director (8)Director of Photography (2)Producer (2)

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Van Dyke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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