Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram was born on Jan 15, 1892 in Ireland. Rex Ingram's big-screen debut came with Beau Brummel directed by James Young in 1913, strarring . Rex Ingram is known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ directed by Fred Niblo, Ramon Novarro stars as Ben-Hur and Francis X. Bushman as Messala. The most recent award Rex Ingram achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Rex Ingram plays is Baroud which will be released on Nov 18, 1932.

Renowned director Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He was also unhappy with the level of writing he found in American writers. This led him to work with such foreign writers as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which resulted in the first major role for the young Rudolph Valentino. Ingram was a great friend of Erich von Stroheim who, like Ingram, was a great filmmaker but often went way over budget. In 1924 Ingram moved to Nice, France, where, in his own studios, he directed films of his own choosing, often with his then-wife Alice Terry. In his later career he acted as a mentor to the young Michael Powell.