Eugen Schüfftan
Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, in Breslau, Silesia, Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland – 6 September 1977, in New York City) was a German cinematographer.
He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the early uses of the process was for Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The technique was widely used throughout the first half of the 20th century until it was supplanted by the travelling matte and bluescreen techniques.
Schüfftan won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film The Hustler.
Selected filmography
Year | Film | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1924 | Die Nibelungen | Fritz Lang | |
1927 | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | |
1927 | Napoléon | Abel Gance | |
1930 | People on Sunday | Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann | |
1930 | Farewell | Robert Siodmak | |
1930 | The Stolen Face | Philipp Lothar Mayring, Erich Schmidt | |
1931 | The Street Song | Lupu Pick | |
1931 | The Scoundrel | Eugen Schüfftan, Franz Wenzler | |
1931 | My Wife, the Impostor | Kurt Gerron | |
1931 | I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil | Max Ophüls | |
1932 | Coeurs joyeux | Hanns Schwarz, Max de Vaucorbeil | |
1932 | The Mistress of Atlantis | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
1932 | Gypsies of the Night | Hanns Schwarz | |
1932 | L'Atlantide | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
1932 | Queen of Atlantis | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
1932 | The Faceless Voice | Leo Mittler | |
1933 | The Oil Sharks | Rudolf Katscher | |
1933 | Du haut en bas | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
1933 | Läufer von Marathon | Ewald André Dupont | |
1933 | Invisible Opponent | Rudolf Katscher | |
1934 | The Scandal | Marcel L'Herbier | |
1934 | The Crisis is Over | Robert Siodmak | |
1934 | Irish Hearts | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
1935 | The Invader | Adrian Brunel | |
1935 | Children of the Fog | John Quin | |
1935 | La Tendre ennemie | Max Ophüls | |
1936 | The Robber Symphony | Friedrich Feher | |
1936 | Komedie om geld | Max Ophüls | |
1936 | María de la O | Francisco Elías | With Carmen Amaya and Pastora Imperio |
1937 | Bizarre, Bizarre | Marcel Carné | |
1937 | The Cheat | Marcel L'Herbier | |
1937 | Yoshiwara | Max Ophüls | |
1938 | The Novel of Werther | Max Ophüls | |
1938 | Port of Shadows | Marcel Carné | |
1938 | Mollenard | Robert Siodmak | |
1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | René Clair | |
1950 | The Hunted | Borys Lewin | |
1952 | The Road to Damascus | Max Glass | |
1953 | The Venus of Tivoli | Leonard Steckel | |
1954 | A Parisian in Rome | Erich Kobler | |
1955 | Ulysses | Mario Camerini | |
1958 | Head Against the Wall | Georges Franju | |
1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju | |
1961 | The Hustler | Robert Rossen | |
1961 | Something Wild | Jack Garfein | |
1963 | Captain Sindbad | Byron Haskin | |
1964 | Lilith | Robert Rossen |
See also
- List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.