Karl Freund
from Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]
from Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]
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.
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
You Can't Fool a Camera
Himself
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director of Photography
Director
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director
Co-Director
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Producer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Production Supervisor
Producer
Director of Photography
LeBlanc - Art Dealer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
The Tiger of the Farini Circus
Director of Photography
The Expulsion
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Die Nacht auf Goldenhall
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Catherine the Great
Cinematography
Director of Photography
Eyes
Camera Department Manager
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
The Arc
Director of Photography
Die Arche. 2. Teil: Die letzten Menschen
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Auf Probe gestellt
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
Director of Photography
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
Director of Photography
The Return of Odysseus
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Christa Hartungen
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Bummelstudenten
Director of Photography
The Man in the Mirror
Director of Photography
Mrs. Eva
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Das Feuer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Poor Mother
Director of Photography