Mutz Greenbaum

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Mutz Greenbaum , in England Max Greene (born February 3, 1896 in Berlin , † July 5, 1968 in London ; born Max Greenbaum ) was a German cameraman and film director , primarily for British films.

Life

The son of film pioneer Jules Greenbaum and his wife Emma worked for his father's film company since 1913. During the First World War he was mainly behind the camera for detective films by Max Mack .

He then tried his hand at being a director for a short time, but returned to his previous work as a cameraman in 1920. In the 1920s he filmed for various German production companies. In 1930 he came to London to film the German-British multi-language production Two Worlds / Zwei Welten , where he moved in 1931.

Greenbaum worked here almost exclusively for the producer Michael Balcon . In 1936 he was awarded at the Venice Film Festival for his camera work with Tudor Rose . At the beginning of the Second World War he changed his name to Max Greene . During the war he mainly shot typical anti-Nazi films, as well as the 1941 literary adaptation Der Hutmacher und seine Schloss .

In 1943/44 he directed again after 22 years, but this too remained an exception. Then began his thirteen-year collaboration with the film producer Herbert Wilcox . During this time, Greenbaum proved himself as a designer of films that were particularly set in high circles. From 1956 he made seven films for the brothers John and Roy Boulting. In 1962 he finished his work in feature films and only made a few short industrial films. His last feature film Heavenly Delights ( Heavens Above! ) Earned him a nomination for the British Film Academy Award one. Finally he made some commercials until 1967.

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SURNAME Greenbaum, Mutz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenbaum, Max (maiden name); Greene, Max (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1968
Place of death London