FILM DIRECTOR

Karl Freund

1890 - 1969

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Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890 – May 3, 1969) was an Austrian cinematographer and film director best known for photographing Metropolis (1927), Dracula (1931), and television's I Love Lucy (1951-1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Freund has received more than 169,799 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Karl Freund is the 636th most popular film director (down from 517th in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Czechia and the 11th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karl Freund ranks 636 out of 1,580. Before her are Gustav von Wangenheim, Rudolph Maté, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and Juraj Herz. After her are Vilgot Sjöman, Richard Marquand, Paul Haggis, Hal Roach, Mario Camerini, and Bryan Singer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Karl Freund ranks 122. Before her are Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, André-Louis Danjon, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Oswald de Andrade, Erik Heinrichs, and Jüri Uluots. After her are Henny Porten, Sigurd Hoel, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Mark Tobey, Alexander Granach, and Elizabeth Bolden. Among people deceased in 1969, Karl Freund ranks 116. Before her are C. N. Annadurai, Charles Dvorak, Aleksandr Deyneka, Josef Beran, Gabriel Chevallier, and Giovanni Martinelli. After her are Lajos Czeizler, Marek Hłasko, Abdirashid Shermarke, Ben Shahn, Madhubala, and Mutesa II of Buganda.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Freund ranks 370 out of 839. Before her are Petr Brandl (1668), Josef Silný (1902), Mirek Topolánek (1956), Maria Jeritza (1887), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), and Ralph Benatzky (1884). After her are Marta Kubišová (1942), Tomáš Skuhravý (1965), Ivan Hašek (1963), Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761), Ivan Passer (1933), and Josef Kadraba (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Karl Freund ranks 11. Before her are Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), and Otakar Vávra (1911). After her are Ivan Passer (1933), Karel Lamač (1897), Elmar Klos (1910), Jan Němec (1936), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), and Edgar G. Ulmer (1904).

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Filmography

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