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Victor Flemings was born near Pasadena, at the Banbury Ranch in La Canada, Flintridge, California, USA. He was the son of William Richard Lonzo Fleming and Eva, Nee Hartman, his mother. He had two younger sisters.
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Victor first started in the film industry as a stunt car driver at Flying A studio in Santa Barbara, after having previously worked as a race-car driver and mechanic.
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Victor Flemings served in the army as a photographer in the Signal Corps during World War I. He was assigned by the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, as the chief photographer at the Peace Conference in Versailles, France. He was also an instructor at the American School of Military Cinematography at Columbia University in 1918. This photo is aboard the USS George Washington on the way to France.
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Victor Fleming's first film, a silent film he directed after previously serving as a cameraman for Douglas Fairbanks, was made to promote the stardom of Douglas Fairbanks, who was both an actor and a producer. The film is about a suspicious man being manipulated by an evil scientist
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Gone with the Wind, based on a novel by Margaret Mitchellwas, is known for being one of the most iconic films of all time and remains the highest-grossing film in history. The film won eight Academy Awards, one of which was for Best Supporting Actress, Hattie McDaniel, making her the first African American to win an Academy Award.
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Victor Flemings passed away on the way to the hospital in Cottonwood, Arizona, after suffering a heart attack.