FILM DIRECTOR

Rudolph Maté

1898 - 1964

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Rudolph Maté (born Rudolf Mayer; 21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964) was a Polish-Hungarian cinematographer who worked in Hungary, Austria, Germany, and France. He collaborated with notable directors including Fritz Lang, René Clair, and Carl Theodor Dreyer, attracting notable recognition for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932). In 1935, he relocated to the United States serving as a cinematographer on notable Hollywood films, including Dodsworth (1936), Foreign Correspondent (1940), and Gilda (1946). By 1947, Maté became a film director, with notable titles such as D.O.A. (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), and The 300 Spartans (1962). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Maté is the 772nd most popular film director (down from 728th in 2019), the 823rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 771st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rudolph Maté ranks 772 out of 2,041. Before him are Emil Loteanu, Henry Selick, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Max Fleischer, Budd Boetticher, and Rintaro. After him are Mamoru Hosoda, Raoul Servais, André Roosevelt, Giuseppe Rotunno, Friz Freleng, and Gianfranco Parolini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rudolph Maté ranks 171. Before him are Eugen Wüster, Louis Adamic, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Arnold Chikobava, Alfred Schmidt, and Armand Hammer. After him are Pyotr Leshchenko, Emmanuel Bove, Akmal Ikramov, Bessie Love, Aksel Airo, and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Among people deceased in 1964, Rudolph Maté ranks 116. Before him are Sophie Liebknecht, Ernst Toch, Eugène Olivier, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ólafur Thors, and Jean-Baptiste Janssens. After him are Ary Barroso, Seán O'Casey, Joseph Schildkraut, Eugen Varga, Alfred Blalock, and Moa Martinson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 823 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Oleksy (1946), Frederick II of Legnica (1480), Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Max Fleischer (1883), and Johannes Winkler (1897). After him are Ida Siekmann (1902), Jadwiga Piłsudska (1920), Werner Olk (1938), Alfred Stock (1876), Zbigniew Oleśnicki (1389), and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 19. Before him are Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Andrzej Munk (1921), Wojciech Has (1925), and Max Fleischer (1883). After him are Boris Kaufman (1906), Piotr Szulkin (1950), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), Janusz Kamiński (1959), Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949), and Juliusz Machulski (1955).

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