E.A. Dupont

Directing·Dec 25, 1891·Zeitz - Germany

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Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont. A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California. One of his greatest successes was the silent film Varieté (1925). This film, about an ex-trapeze artist, was noted for its innovative camerawork with highly expressive movement through space, accomplished by the prolific expressionist cinematographer Karl Freund. Varieté even did well in the United States, screening for 12 weeks at New York's Rialto Theatre. Dupont's success was noticed by Carl Laemmle at Universal, who offered Dupont a lucrative contract. His first project was Love Me and the World Is Mine in the early summer of 1926, which ran well over budget ($350,000) and was not a success. His film Piccadilly (1929), a late silent, is noted for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Atlantic (also 1929) is seen as one of the most innovative uses of sound film technology available at the time. After his successes in the UK, Dupont returned to Hollywood in 1933, though he directed only a handful of films after 1939. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ewald André Dupont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Film	Credit
Magic Fire1955 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Return to Treasure Island1954 · Director	Director
The Steel Lady1953 · Director	Director
The Neanderthal Man1953 · Director	Director
Problem Girls1953 · Director	Director
Pictura1951 · Director	Director
The Scarf1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Hell's Kitchen1939 · Director	Director
Love on Toast1937 · Director	Director
On Such a Night1937 · Director	Director
Night of Mystery1937 · Director	Director
A Son Comes Home1936 · Director	Director
Forgotten Faces1936 · Director	Director
The Bishop Misbehaves1935 · Director	Director
Ladies Must Love1933 · Director	Director
Der Läufer von Marathon1933 · Director	Director
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions1932 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Trapeze1931 · Director	Director
Somersault1931 · Director	Director
The Lost Course1931 · Director	Director
Cape Forlorn1931 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Love Storm1930 · Director	Director
Atlantic1930 · Director	Director
Two Worlds1930 · Director	Director
The Two Worlds1930 · Director	Director
Two Worlds1930 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Atlantic1929 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Atlantic1929 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Piccadilly1929 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Moulin Rouge1928 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Love Me and the World Is Mine1927 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Madame Pompadour1927 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Variety1925 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
DDer Demütige und die Tänzerin1925 · Director	Director
The Film in the Film1924 · Self	Self
The Ancient Law1923 · Director	Director
The Green Manuela1923 · Director	Director
SShe and the Three1922 · Director	Director
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds1922 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples1921 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Die Geierwally1921 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
HHearts Are Trumps1920 · Director	Director
DDer weisse Pfau1920 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
PPatience1920 · Writer	Writer
DDer Würger der Welt1920 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Alcohol1920 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Japanese Woman1919 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Secret of the American Docks1919 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer