E.A. Dupont
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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Movies (60)
Please Murder Me
1956 · Story
Magic Fire
1955 · Screenplay
Return to Treasure Island
1954 · Director
The Steel Lady
1953 · Director
The Neanderthal Man
1953 · Director
Problem Girls
1953 · Director
Pictura
1951 · Director
The Scarf
1951 · Director, Screenplay
Hell's Kitchen
1939 · Director
Love on Toast
1937 · Director
On Such a Night
1937 · Director
Night of Mystery
1937 · Director
A Son Comes Home
1936 · Director
Forgotten Faces
1936 · Director
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935 · Director
Ladies Must Love
1933 · Director
The Marathon Runners
1933 · Director
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
1932 · Director, Writer
Trapeze
1931 · Director
Somersault
1931 · Director
The Lost Course
1931 · Director
Cape Forlorn
1931 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Love Storm
1930 · Director
Atlantic
1930 · Director
Two Worlds
1930 · Director
The Two Worlds
1930 · Director
Two Worlds
1930 · Director, Producer, Story
Atlantic
1929 · Director, Producer
Atlantik
1929 · Director, Writer
Piccadilly
1929 · Director, Producer
Moulin Rouge
1928 · Director, Writer, Producer
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 · Director, Writer
Madame Pompadour
1927 · Writer, Producer
Variety
1925 · Director, Screenplay
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
1925 · Director
The Film in the Film
1924 · Self
The Ancient Law
1923 · Director
The Green Manuela
1923 · Director
She and the Three
1922 · Director
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
1922 · Director, Writer
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
1921 · Writer, Director
Die Geierwally
1921 · Director, Screenplay
Hearts Are Trumps
1920 · Director
The White Peacock
1920 · Director, Writer
Patience
1920 · Writer
Der Würger der Welt
1920 · Director, Writer
Alcohol
1920 · Director, Writer
The Secret of the American Docks
1919 · Director, Writer
The Japanese Woman
1919 · Screenplay, Director
Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter
1918 · Writer
Ferdinand Lassalle
1918 · Screenplay
Mitternacht
1918 · Director, Writer
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
1918 · Writer
Rennfieber
1918 · Writer
Der ewige Zweifel
1918 · Writer
Durchlaucht Hypochonder
1918 · Writer
Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
1918 · Writer
Die sterbenden Perlen
1918 · Writer
The Giant's Fist
1917 · Writer
Cape Forlorn Sound Rushes
· Director
TV shows (0)
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