E.A. Dupont
Directing
Born 1891-12-25
Died 1956-12-12
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.
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Filmography
Directing
46 credits
Problem Girls
The Two Worlds
Trapeze
Die Geierwally
Alcohol
The Steel Lady
Piccadilly
Hell's Kitchen
Mitternacht
Pictura
Night of Mystery
Atlantic
Variety
Two Worlds
The Japanese Woman
The Bishop Misbehaves
The Scarf
Hearts Are Trumps
Atlantic
Return to Treasure Island
She and the Three
Ladies Must Love
The Neanderthal Man
Moulin Rouge
Der Würger der Welt
Forgotten Faces
A Son Comes Home
The Lost Course
The Secret of the American Docks
The Ancient Law
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
Two Worlds
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Love on Toast
Der Läufer von Marathon
On Such a Night
Atlantic
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Cape Forlorn Sound Rushes
The Green Manuela
Cape Forlorn
The Love Storm
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Somersault
Der weisse Pfau
Writing
30 credits
Durchlaucht Hypochonder
Die Geierwally
Alcohol
Mitternacht
Magic Fire
Please Murder Me
Rennfieber
Variety
The Japanese Woman
The Scarf
Moulin Rouge
Der Würger der Welt
The Secret of the American Docks
Two Worlds
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Madame Pompadour
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Atlantic
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
The Giant's Fist
Die sterbenden Perlen
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Cape Forlorn
Der ewige Zweifel
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Patience
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Ferdinand Lassalle
Der weisse Pfau
Producing
3 credits
Acting
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