Rex Ingram

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 director Michael Powell.

雷克斯·英格拉姆的电影生涯始于布景设计师和画家。他的导演处女作是《大问题》(1916)。作为一位真正的电影大师，英格拉姆厌恶好莱坞体系中的商业谈判。他对美国作家的写作水平也不满意。这促使他与维森特·布拉斯科·伊巴涅斯等外国作家合作，从而为年轻的鲁道夫·瓦伦蒂诺提供了第一个重要角色。英格拉姆是埃里希·冯·施特罗海姆的挚友，施特罗海姆和英格拉姆一样都是伟大的电影制作人，但经常严重超支。 1924年，英格拉姆移居法国尼斯，在自己的工作室里执导自己选择的电影，经常与当时的妻子爱丽丝·特里合作。在他的后期职业生涯中，他担任了年轻的迈克尔·鲍威尔的导师。