Rex ingram director biography sample

Irish film director

This article is about the Irish-born film director. For the actor of the same name, see Rex Ingram (actor).

Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock; 15 January 1893 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor.^[1] Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".^[2]

Early life

Born 15 January 1893^[3] in 58 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland, (where a plaque commemorates his birth), Ingram was educated at Saint Columba's College, near Rathfarnham, County Dublin.

He spent much of his adolescence living in the Old Rectory, Kinnitty, Birr, County Offaly, where his father, Reverend Francis Hitchcock, was the Church of Ireland rector. Ingram emigrated to the United States in 1911.^[2]

His brother Francis joined the British Army and fought during World War I, during which he was awarded the Military Cross.^[4]