Karl Freund
Camera
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In 1937, he went to Germany to bring his only daughter, Gerda Maria Freund, back to the United States, saving her from almost certain death in the concentration camps. Karl's ex-wife, Susette Freund (née Liepmannssohn), remained in Germany where she was interned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and eventually taken in March, 1942 to Bernburg Euthanasia Center where she was murdered. Between 1921 and 1935, Freund also directed ten films, of which the best known are probably The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff, and his last film as director, Mad Love (1935) starring Peter Lorre. Freund's only known film as an actor is Carl Dreyer's Michael (1924) in which he has a cameo as a sycophantic art dealer who saves the tobacco ashes dropped by a famous painter. At the beginning of the 1950s, he was persuaded by Desi Arnaz at Desilu to be the cinematographer in 1951 for the televisions series I Love Lucy. Critics have credited Freund for the show's lustrous black and white cinematography, but more importantly, Freund designed the "flat lighting" system for shooting sitcoms that is still in use today. This system covers the set in light, thus eliminating shadows and allowing the use of three moving cameras without having to modify the lighting in-between shots. And where Freund did not invent the three camera shooting system, he did perfect it for use with film cameras in front of a live audience. Freund and his production team also worked on other sitcoms produced at/through Desilu such as "Our Miss Brooks". Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Freund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieThe Golem
1960
Director of Photography
movieI Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
Director of Photography
movieBright Leaf
1950
Director of Photography
movieMontana
1950
Director of Photography
movieSouth of St. Louis
1949
Director of Photography
movieThe Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
Director of Photography
movieKey Largo
1948
Director of Photography
movieWallflower
1948
Director of Photography
movieThat Hagen Girl
1947
Director of Photography
movieThis Time for Keeps
1947
Director of Photography
movieUndercurrent
1946
Director of Photography
movieA Letter for Evie
1946
Director of Photography
movieTwo Smart People
1946
Director of Photography
movieDangerous Partners
1945
Director of Photography
movieWithout Love
1945
Director of Photography
movieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Director of Photography
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944
Director of Photography
movieA Guy Named Joe
1944
Director of Photography
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943
Director of Photography
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
Director of Photography
movieA Yank at Eton
1942
Director of Photography
movieThe War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
Director of Photography
movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942
Director of Photography
movieTortilla Flat
1942
Director of Photography
movieThe Chocolate Soldier
1941
Director of Photography
movieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
Director of Photography
movieComrade X
1940
Camera Operator
moviePride and Prejudice
1940
Director of Photography
movieWe Who Are Young
1940
Director of Photography
movieFlorian
1940
Director of Photography
movieGreen Hell
1940
Director of Photography
movieThe Earl of Chicago
1940
Director of Photography
movieBalalaika
1939
Director of Photography
movieBarricade
1939
Director of Photography
movieGolden Boy
1939
Director of Photography
movieRose of Washington Square
1939
Director of Photography
movieTail Spin
1939
Director of Photography
movieLetter of Introduction
1938
Director of Photography
moviePort of Seven Seas
1938
Director of Photography
movieThree Comrades
1938
Director of Photography
movieMan-Proof
1938
Director of Photography
movieConquest
1937
Director of Photography
movieParnell
1937
Director of Photography
movieThe Good Earth
1937
Director of Photography
movieCamille
1936
Director of Photography
movieThe Great Ziegfeld
1936
Director of Photography
movieThe Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
Director of Photography
movieAfraid to Talk
1932
Director of Photography
movieAir Mail
1932
Director of Photography
movieBack Street
1932
Director of Photography
movieScandal for Sale
1932
Director of Photography
movieMurders in the Rue Morgue
1932
Director of Photography
movieStrictly Dishonorable
1931
Director of Photography
moviePersonal Maid
1931
Director of Photography
movieUp for Murder
1931
Director of Photography
movieThe Bad Sister
1931
Director of Photography
movieDracula
1931
Director of Photography
movieThe Boudoir Diplomat
1930
Director of Photography
movieThe Lottery Bride
1930
Director of Photography
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Director of Photography
movieSleeping Partners
1930
Director of Photography
movieFräulein Else
1929
Director of Photography
movieA Knight in London
1928
Director of Photography
movieLady Juan
1928
Director of Photography
movieBerlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927
Director of Photography
movieMetropolis
1927
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieManon Lescaut
1926
Director of Photography
movieTartuffe
1926
Director of Photography
movieVariety
1925
Director of Photography
movieThe Last Laugh
1924
Director of Photography
movieMichael
1924
Director of Photography
movieThe Finances of the Grand Duke
1924
Director of Photography
The Expulsion
1923
Director of Photography
Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini
1923
Director of Photography
movieHerzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
Director of Photography
movieLucrezia Borgia
1922
Director of Photography
movieThe Burning Soil
1922
Director of Photography
movieMarizza
1922
Director of Photography
movieDas blinde Glück
1922
Director of Photography
movieTorgus
1921
Director of Photography
movieThe Rats
1921
Director of Photography
movieThe Boy in Blue
1921
Director of Photography
movieThe Lost Shadow
1921
Director of Photography
movieThe Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
Director of Photography
Panic in the House of Ardon
1920
Director of Photography
movieThe Head of Janus
1920
Director of Photography
movieThe Hunchback and the Dancer
1920
Director of Photography
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
1920
Director of Photography
movieThe Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
1920
Director of Photography
movieSatan
1920
Director of Photography
movieThe Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea
1919
Director of Photography
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
1919
Director of Photography
The Arc
1919
Director of Photography
movieIntoxication
1919
Director of Photography
Augen
1919
Camera Department Manager
moviePhantome des Lebens
1919
Director of Photography
movieDie Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
1918
Director of Photography
movieDie blaue Laterne
1918
Director of Photography
Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
1918
Director of Photography
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
1918
Director of Photography
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
1918
Director of Photography
movieDas Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
1918
Director of Photography
Auf Probe gestellt
1918
Director of Photography
movieCountess Kitchenmaid
1918
Director of Photography
movieThe Giant's Fist
1917
Director of Photography
Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
1917
Director of Photography
movieGefangene Seele
1917
Director of Photography
Christa Hartungen
1917
Director of Photography
movieDer Liebesbrief der Königin
1917
Director of Photography
movieDie Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
Director of Photography
movieThe White Roses
1916
Director of Photography
movieThe Robber Bride
1916
Director of Photography
movieDas wandernde Licht
1916
Director of Photography
movieLittle Angel's Wedding
1916
Camera Operator
Frau Eva
1916
Director of Photography
The Man in the Mirror
1916
Director of Photography
movieBummelstudenten
1916
Director of Photography
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1914
Director of Photography
movieA Venetian Night
1914
Director of Photography
Das Feuer
1914
Director of Photography
movieZapata's Gang
1914
Director of Photography
movieLittle Angel
1914
Director of Photography
movieThe Film Prima Donna
1913
Director of Photography
movieThe Suffragette
1913
Director of Photography
Poor Mother
1912
Director of Photography
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movieMad Love
1935
Director
movieGift of Gab
1934
Director
movieI Give My Love
1934
Director
movieUncertain Lady
1934
Director
movieMadame Spy
1934
Director
movieMoonlight and Pretzels
1933
Director
movieThe Mummy
1932
Director
movieDracula
1931
Co-Director
Acting3
movieMichael
1924
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Production3
movieAdventures of a Ten Mark Note
1926
Production Supervisor
Crew2
Catherine the Great
1920
Cinematography
Augen
1919
Cinematography