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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Maté has received more than 138,478 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Maté is the 728th most popular film director (down from 696th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Poland (down from 709th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rudolph Maté ranks 728 out of 2,041Before him are Maurice Tourneur, Jack Arnold, Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, and Dan O'Bannon. After him are Hans Hass, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Konrad Wolf, Jaromil Jireš, Pupi Avati, and Karel Lamač.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rudolph Maté ranks 151Before him are Alfons Gorbach, Franz Bäke, Vladimir Dekanozov, Alfred Sauvy, Louis Adamic, and Armand Hammer. After him are Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Ninette de Valois. Among people deceased in 1964, Rudolph Maté ranks 105Before him are Ernst Toch, Ary Barroso, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Joseph Schildkraut, Aloïse Corbaz, and Alvin York. After him are Henry Maitland Wilson, Olga Desmond, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Marx, Maksym Rylsky, and Adolfo Díaz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 771 out of 1,694Before him are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Holger Czukay (1938), Katja Ebstein (1945), and Jan Kiepura (1902). After him are Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), Sam Warner (1887), Marcin Kromer (1512), Marlene Schmidt (1937), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), and Haroun Tazieff (1914).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 18Before him are Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Andrzej Munk (1921), and Wojciech Has (1925). After him are Boris Kaufman (1906), Max Fleischer (1883), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), Dariusz Wolski (1956), Janusz Kamiński (1959), and Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949).