Biography
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.
Directed 40
1950s
- 1954
Return to Treasure Island
Director
- 1953
The Steel Lady
Director
Problem Girls
Director
- 1951
Pictura
Director
The Scarf
Director
1930s
- 1939
Hell's Kitchen
Director
- 1937
Love on Toast
Director
On Such a Night
Director
Night of Mystery
Director
- 1936
A Son Comes Home
Director
Forgotten Faces
Director
- 1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
Director
- 1933
Ladies Must Love
Director
The Marathon Runners
Director
- 1932
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Director
- 1931
Somersault
Director
The Lost Course
Director
Cape Forlorn
Director
- 1930
The Love Storm
Director
Atlantic
Director
The Two Worlds
Director
Two Worlds
Director
1920s
- 1929
Atlantic
Director
Atlantik
Director
- 1928
Moulin Rouge
Director
- 1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Director
- 1925
Variety
Director
- 1923
The Ancient Law
Director
The Green Manuela
Director
- 1922
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Director
- 1921
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Director
Die Geierwally
Director
- 1920
Alcohol
Director
1910s
- 1919
The Secret of the American Docks
Director
The Japanese Woman
Director
- 1918
Mitternacht
Director
Wrote 25
1950s
- 1956
- 1955
Magic Fire
Screenplay
- 1951
The Scarf
Screenplay
1930s
- 1932
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Writer
- 1931
Cape Forlorn
Screenplay
- 1930
Two Worlds
Story
1920s
- 1929
Atlantik
Writer
- 1928
Moulin Rouge
Writer
- 1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Writer
Madame Pompadour
Writer
- 1925
Variety
Screenplay
- 1922
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Writer
- 1921
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Writer
Die Geierwally
Screenplay
- 1920
Alcohol
Writer
1910s
- 1919
The Japanese Woman
Screenplay
The Secret of the American Docks
Writer
- 1918
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
Writer
Ferdinand Lassalle
Screenplay
Mitternacht
Writer
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Writer
Der ewige Zweifel
Writer
Durchlaucht Hypochonder
Writer
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
Writer
- 1917
The Giant's Fist
Writer
Produced 6
1930s
- 1931
Cape Forlorn
Producer
- 1930
Two Worlds
Producer
1920s
- 1929
Atlantic
Producer
- 1928
Moulin Rouge
Producer
- 1927
Madame Pompadour
Producer
Appearances1
1920s
- 1924
The Film in the Film
Self