Trivia

Zoltan's liberal/leftish politics often led to big arguments with his brother Alexander Korda who tried hard to follow the British Imperial line.

Middle brother of Vincent Korda and Alexander Korda.

Brother-in-law of Merle Oberon.

Uncle of Michael Korda

Son: David Korda.

Second son: Nicholas Korda, sound editor.

A former cavalry officer in the Common Army, afterwards in the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, Korda made a number of military action/adventure films, many of which were filmed in Africa or India. Of his directorial efforts, 1939's The Four Feathers, starring Sir Ralph Richardson, is considered his greatest cinematic accomplishment. Of lasting significance, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival. In 2002 it was presented again by the Festival committee in retrospective.

Zoltan Kordawas a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 562-566. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

He gained wide respect for the adventure film Sanders of the River (1935), starring the American actor Paul Robeson and Leslie Banks. The film proved a significant commercial and critical success, giving Korda the first of his four nominations for "Best Film" at the Venice Film Festival. Korda and Robert Flaherty won the Venice festival's "Best Director" award for Elephant Boy (1937).

He made his first film in Hungary in 1918 and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in London. They both moved to the United States in 1940 to Hollywood and the American film industry.

In 1918 and 1920 in Hungary, he directed two silent film shorts and a feature-length silent film in Germany in 1927.

Poor health, brought on years earlier from a battle with tuberculosis, forced Zoltan Korda's retirement in 1955. He died in 1961 in Hollywood after a lengthy illness.

In London, he made his English-language directorial debut with the sound drama Men of Tomorrow (1932).

As a young man, Korda went to work with his brother Alexander in their native Hungary and in the United Kingdom for his London Films production company. He functioned as a camera operator; for a time he worked in film editing and as a screenwriter.