Curiosidades

One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Is the only person to ever win a best director Oscar for a film (A Dama Divina (1928)) that was not nominated for Best Picture.

Purchased the rights to "Mutiny on the Bounty" himself for $12,500 and in turn resold them to MGM with the proviso that he direct. Fox, Lloyd's home studio, agreed to lend him out for the assignment.

He directed two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Cavalgada (1933) and O Grande Motim (1935).

Formed Frank Lloyd Productions, a film production company, in 1920.

President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1934 to 1935

Directed seven actors in Oscar-nominated performance: Corinne Griffith, Diana Wynyard, Leslie Howard, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone and Basil Rathbone.

Was the first winner of an Academy Award born in Scotland, UK.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890- 1945". Pages 683-688. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

Paramount produced a promotional short about the musical scoring of the 1937 feature "Wells Fargo". Featured in the short were the movie's director Frank Lloyd, composer Victor Young, musical director Boris Morros and actors Bob Burns, Porter Hall, Frances Dee, and Joel McCrea. The short was narrated by Gayne Whitman.

He joined the industry as an extra in 1912.

Roomed with George Marshall and William Seiter, two other extras, who like him became top directors.

Started as a film extra in 1912 before becoming a film director.

In his early days he shared a room with George Marshall and William Seiter.