Biography and filmography

Rudolph Maté

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Rudolph Maté, A.S.C. (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964), born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, was an accomplished cinematographer and film director.

Born in Kraków (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Maté started in the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throughout Europe, sometimes with noted colleague Karl Freund. Maté worked on several of Carl Theodor Dreyer's films including The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932) which led to his being hired as director of photography on a number of prominent films.

Maté worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid-1930s, including Dodsworth (1936), the Laurel and Hardy feature Our Relations (1936) and Stella Dallas (1937). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, for Foreign Correspondent (1940), That Hamilton Woman (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Sahara (1943), and Cover Girl (1944).

In 1947, he turned to directing films, his credits include When Worlds Collide (1951), the film noir classic D.O.A. and No Sad Songs for Me (both 1950).

Directed by Maté, The 300 Spartans is a 1962 film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese.

He died from a heart attack in Hollywood on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66.

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Movies (78)

Aliki My Love

1963 · Director

Seven Seas to Calais

1962 · Director

The 300 Spartans

1962 · Director

The Barbarians

1960 · Director

For the First Time

1959 · Director

The Deep Six

1958 · Director

Three Violent People

1956 · Director

The Rawhide Years

1956 · Director

Port Afrique

1956 · Director

Miracle in the Rain

1956 · Director

The Far Horizons

1955 · Director

The Violent Men

1955 · Director

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954 · Director

The Siege at Red River

1954 · Director

Forbidden

1953 · Director

Second Chance

1953 · Director

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

1953 · Self

The Mississippi Gambler

1953 · Director

Sally and Saint Anne

1952 · Director

Paula

1952 · Director

The Green Glove

1952 · Director

When Worlds Collide

1951 · Director

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951 · Director

Branded

1950 · Director

Union Station

1950 · Director

No Sad Songs for Me

1950 · Director

D.O.A.

1949 · Director

The Dark Past

1948 · Director

The Return of October

1948 · Producer

It Had to Be You

1947 · Director, Director of Photography

Down to Earth

1947 · Director of Photography

Gilda

1946 · Director of Photography

Over 21

1945 · Director of Photography

Tonight and Every Night

1945 · Director of Photography

Address Unknown

1944 · Director of Photography

Cover Girl

1944 · Director of Photography

Sahara

1943 · Director of Photography

They Got Me Covered

1943 · Director of Photography

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Director of Photography

To Be or Not to Be

1942 · Director of Photography

It Started with Eve

1941 · Cinematography

The Flame of New Orleans

1941 · Cinematography

That Hamilton Woman

1941 · Director of Photography

Seven Sinners

1940 · Director of Photography

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Director of Photography

My Favorite Wife

1940 · Director of Photography

The Flying Deuces

1939 · Production Assistant

The Real Glory

1939 · Director of Photography

Love Affair

1939 · Director of Photography

Trade Winds

1938 · Director of Photography

Blockade

1938 · Director of Photography

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Director of Photography

Stella Dallas

1937 · Director of Photography

Outcast

1937 · Director of Photography