From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Rudolph Maté ASC 21 January 1898 27 October 1964 born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer was an accomplished cinematographer and film director Born in Kraków then in AustriaHungary 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 Dreyers 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 mid1930s 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 DOA 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Maté licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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