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 crimestory 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 extrapeze 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 Yorks Rialto Theatre Duponts 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 350000 and was not a success His film Piccadilly 1929 a late silent is noted for the central performance of the ChineseAmerican 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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