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Walter Lang was born in Tennessee. As a young man he went to New York City where he found clerical work at a film production company. The business piqued his artistic instincts and he began learning the various facets of filmmaking and eventually worked as an assistant director. However, Lang also had ambitions to be a painter and left the ...
Walter Lang entered the film industry in New York when he got a job as a clerk in the office of a film production company. He worked his way up to assistant director, and directed his first film in 1926. By the time sound arrived Lang was already a well-regarded director, but he left the business at that time to try his hand as an artist in Paris.
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Walter Lang. Director: The King and I. Walter Lang entered the film industry in New York when he got a job as a clerk in the office of a film production company. He worked his way up to assistant director, and directed his first film in 1926. By the time sound arrived Lang was already a well-regarded director, but he left the business at that time to try his hand...
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May 7, 2024 · Walter Lang was an American film director best known for films such as The Little Princess (1939), The King and I (1956), and Desk Set (1957). Lang made over 50 sound pictures, most at Twentieth Century-Fox over a 25-year span.
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Walter Lang was an eminent American film director best known for directing a number of the spectacular colorful musicals for Fox Studios during the 1940s. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
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Aug 11, 2012 · Lang spent most of his career at 20th Century-Fox, where his slickly handled musicals and comedies epitomized that studio's glittering and sometimes gaudy house style. His biggest hit was "The King and I" (1956), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
