E.A. Dupont
DirectingEwald 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
The Scarf
Director
Piccadilly
Director
Pictura
Director
Variety
Director
The Neanderthal Man
Director
Love on Toast
Director
Return to Treasure Island
Director
Hell's Kitchen
Director
The Steel Lady
Director
Atlantic
Director
The Bishop Misbehaves
Director
Forgotten Faces
Director
Magic Fire
Screenplay
Cape Forlorn
Screenplay
Two Worlds
Director
A Son Comes Home
Director
On Such a Night
Director
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Director
The Lost Course
Director
Atlantic
Director
Moulin Rouge
Director
She and the Three
Director
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Director
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Writer
The Japanese Woman
Director
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
Director
Patience
Writer
Alcohol
Director
The Ancient Law
Director
Problem Girls
Director
The Love Storm
Director
Ladies Must Love
Director
Night of Mystery
Director
Madame Pompadour
Producer
Der Läufer von Marathon
Director
Trapeze
Director
The Giant's Fist
Writer
Die Geierwally
Director
Ferdinand Lassalle
Screenplay
The Secret of the American Docks
Director
Mitternacht
Director
Cape Forlorn Sound Rushes
Director
The Two Worlds
Director
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Director
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Writer
Hearts Are Trumps
Director
Der ewige Zweifel
Writer
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
Writer
Der weisse Pfau
Writer
Durchlaucht Hypochonder
Writer
Atlantic
Director
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Director
Two Worlds
Director
Der Würger der Welt
Director
The Green Manuela
Director
Somersault
Director
Die sterbenden Perlen
Writer
Rennfieber
Writer