After entering motion pictures as a driver and stunt man at the Flying A studio in Santa Barbara, California, in 1912, Fleming achieved his first real directorial success with Lord Jim in 1925. Several films followed and Fleming was credited with helping to launch the careers of such actors as Clara Bow (Mantrap 1927), Gary Cooper (The Virginian, 1929), and Clark Gable (Red Dust, 1932).
In October of 1938, Fleming was asked to take over directorial duties on The Wizard of Oz, the same year he was asked to do the same on the troubled production of David Selznick’s Gone With the Wind.
Suffice it to say, 1938 was a very good year for Victor Fleming and American Cinema. His other directing credits are:
| 1948 | Joan of Arc |
| 1945 | Adventure |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe |
| 1942 | Tortilla Flat |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind |
| 1939 | The Wizard of Oz |
| 1938 | The Great Waltz |
| 1938 | Test Pilot |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous |
| 1937 | The Good Earth |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife |
| 1935 | Reckless |
| 1934 | Treasure Island |
| 1933 | Bombshell |
| 1933 | The White Sister |
| 1932 | Red Dust |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade |
| 1931 | Around the World with Douglass Fairbanks |
| 1930 | Renegades |
| 1930 | Common Clay |
| 1929 | The Virginian |
| 1929 | The Wolf Song |
| 1928 | The Awakening |
| 1928 | Able’s Irish Rose |
| 1927 | The Rough Riders |
| 1927 | Hula |
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh |
| 1926 | Mantrap |
| 1926 | The Blind Goddess |
| 1925 | Lord Jim |
| 1925 | A Son of His Father |
| 1925 | Adventure |
| 1925 | The Devil’s Cargo |
| 1924 | Empty Hands |
| 1924 | Code of the Sea |
| 1923 | The Call of the Canyon |
| 1923 | To the Last Man |
| 1923 | Law of the Lawless |
| 1923 | Dark Secrets |
| 1922 | Anna Ascends |
| 1922 | Red Hot Romance |
| 1922 | The Lane That Had No Turning |
| 1921 | Woman’s Place |
| 1921 | Mama’s Affair |
| 1920 | The Mollycoddle |
| 1919 | When the Clouds Roll By |