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Willard Van Dyke
Director 1906 - 1986

Willard Van Dyke

Denver, Colorado, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

2 titles

Journey Into Medicine

Willard Van Dyke 1947 38m 6.0

A documentary/recruitment film originally intended for showings outside the United States to promote careers in public health and American methods in public health education.

The City

The City

Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke 1939 44m

A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.

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