Nicolas Farkas
Nicolas Farkas (also Nikolaus Farkas , actually Miklós Farkas ; born July 27, 1890 in Hungary , † March 22, 1982 in New York ) was a Hungarian cameraman.
Live and act
Farkas came to Vienna in 1919 and the cameraman, trained in Hungary and Vienna, worked for Austrian film until 1924 . He filmed for Mihaly Kertesz , Alexander Korda , Hans Theyer and Robert Land , among others . In 1925 Farkas started working in Germany. Individual projects also took him to the Soviet Union and Poland . His last important projects included Berlin - Alexanderplatz (1931, directed by Phil Jutzi ) and Don Quichotte (1933, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst ).
After 1933 he worked in France, where he also worked as a director and writer. In 1941 he emigrated to the USA, where he took part in propaganda short films for the US Navy . Most recently he lived permanently in New York, where he ran his own small production company with Farkas Films Inc.
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
- Kay Less: 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 161 f.
Web links
- Nicolas Farkas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Complete filmography of his German films at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Farkas, Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farkas, Nikolaus; Farkas, Miklós Nikolaus (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1982 |
| Place of death | new York |