Luis Korda Díaz acted primarily as photographer and travel companion of Fidel Castro, with whom he had a close relationship, and also Ernesto Guevara, whom he saw as rather arrogant – a personal view he shared with many other photographers. Luis Korda’s most famous image is also the most important photo of the Cuban revolution, showing the revolutionaries entering Havana on 8 January 1959 with Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos at the head of the procession. The fear that Studio Korda, a privately held company, could fall victim to nationalisation, drove Alberto Diaz and Luis Peirce to bequeath it to the Oficina
Alexander Korda Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and produced "Lydia" (1941) with Oberon. He supervised "Jungle Book" (1942), a live action version of the Kipling story, directed by Zoltán Korda. He also had minor involvement in "To Be or Not to Be" (1942). Korda was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1942 Birthday Honours. On 22 September 1942, Korda was knighted at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace by George VI for his contribution to the war effort, the first film director to receive the honour. He returned to Britain in 1943 as production chief of MGM-London films, with a £35 million, 10-year programme.