Rudolph Maté
Rudolph Maté , also Rudy Maté , born as Rudolf Mayer , (born January 21, 1898 in Krakow , Austria-Hungary ; † October 27, 1964 in Beverly Hills , California , USA ) was an Austrian-American cameraman and film director .
Life
Rudolph Maté was born in Kraków in 1898 . After graduating from the University of Budapest , he entered the film business with the help of the Hungarian producer and director Alexander Korda . First he worked in Hungary for Korda as a camera assistant. Later he was active all over Europe, so z. B. in England at the side of the well-known cameraman Karl Freund . In France , Maté's big breakthrough finally came when he made test recordings for director and screenwriter Carl Theodor Dreyer in 1928 . He was so enthusiastic about the young man's work that he gave him the post of chief cameraman for his film The Passion of the Virgin of Orléans ( La passion de Jeanne d'Arc ). Further positions followed under established directors such as Fritz Lang and René Clair . Then Maté was also the door to Hollywood open. There he was soon one of the most renowned cameramen and was nominated for a total of five Oscars in five consecutive years, including a. for Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent ( Foreign Correspondent , 1940) and Kordas Hamilton Woman ( That Hamilton Woman , 1941). However, he always came away empty-handed.
At the end of the 1940s, Maté switched to directing and made more than two dozen films, mostly with tight budgets, including victims of the underworld ( DOA , 1950) and the youngest day ( When Worlds Collide ).
Most of the time you can tell by looking at Maté's directorial work that he was actually a cameraman by nature. His photography is often characterized by images with a high depth of field and overly dominant foreground objects, such as in Rauhe Gesellen ( The Violent Men ) from 1955.
Rudolph Maté died of a heart attack on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66 .
Filmography (selection)
camera
- 1923: The Merchant of Venice - Director: Peter Paul Felner
- 1924: Michael - Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 1925: Pietro the Corsair - Director: Artur Robison
- 1928: The Passion of the Virgin of Orléans ( La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc ) - Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 1932: Vampyr - The Dream of Allan Gray - Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 1933: König Pausole - Director: Alexis Granowsky
- 1934: Liliom - Director: Fritz Lang
- 1934: The Last Billionaire (Le Dernier milliardaire)
- 1935: The Ship of Satan ( Dante's Inferno ) - Director: Harry Lachman
- 1936: Charlie Chan's Secret ( Charlie Chan's Secret ) - Director: Gordon Wiles
- 1936: A Message to Garcia - Directed by George Marshall
- 1936: Time of Love, Time of Farewell ( Dodsworth ) - Director: William Wyler
- 1936: Die Doppelganger (Our Relations) - Director: Harry Lachman
- 1936: Take What You Can Get ( Come and Get It ) - Directed by Howard Hawks , William Wyler
- 1938: The Adventures of Marco Polo ( The Adventures of Marco Polo ) - Director: Archie Mayo
- 1938: Blockade - Director: William Dieterle
- 1939: Restless Love ( Love Affair ) - Director: Leo McCarey
- 1939: Treason in the Jungle ( The Real Glory ) - Directed by Henry Hathaway
- 1940: My Favorite Wife ( My Favorite Wife ) - Director: Garson Kanin
- 1940: The Foreign Correspondent ( Foreign Correspondent ) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1940: The House of Seven Sins ( Seven Sinners ) - Director: Tay Garnett
- 1941: Lord Nelson's Last Love ( That Hamilton Woman ) - directed by Alexander Korda
- 1941: Die Abenteurerin ( The Flame of New Orleans ) - Director: René Clair
- 1941: Die Ewige Eva ( It Started with Eve ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1942: To be or not ( To Be or Not to Be ) - Director: Ernst Lubitsch
- 1942: Pride of the Yankees ( The Pride of the Yankees ) - Director: Sam Wood
- 1943: Sahara - Director: Zoltan Korda
- 1944: Address Unknown - Directed by William Cameron Menzies
- 1944: The Goddess Dances ( Cover Girl ) - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1945: Tonight and Every Night - Directed by Victor Saville
- 1945: Over 21 - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1946: Gilda - directed by Charles Vidor
- 1947: A Goddess on Earth ( Down to Earth ) - Director: Alexander Hall
- 1947: The Lady from Shanghai ( The Lady from Shanghai ) - Director: Orson Welles uncredited
Director
- 1948: The Dark Past
- 1950: My luck in your hands ( No Sad Songs for Me )
- 1950: Victims of the Underworld ( DOA )
- 1950: People without a Soul ( Union Station )
- 1951: The Thieves of Mars Chan ( The Prince Who Was a Thief )
- 1951: Doomsday ( When Worlds Collide )
- 1952: The Iron Glove ( The Green Glove )
- 1953: Strandgut ( Forbidden )
- 1954: The Iron Knight of Falworth ( The Black Shield of Falworth )
- 1955: Rauhe Gesellen ( The Violent Men )
- 1955: On the distant horizon ( The Far Horizons )
- 1955: Seduced by the Devil ( The Rawhide Years )
- 1956: Port Africa ( Port Afrique )
- 1956: rivals without mercy ( Three Violent People )
- 1959: Serenade of a Great Love ( For the First Time )
- 1960: The Lion of Sparta ( The 300 Spartans )
- 1962: Pirate of the Seven Seas ( Il dominatore dei sette mari )
Nominations
Rudolph Maté was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Cinematography for five consecutive years during his Hollywood career , but never won one:
- 1941: The foreign correspondent
- 1942: Lord Nelson's last love
- 1943: The big hit
- 1944: Sahara
- 1945: The goddess is dancing
Web links
- Rudolph Maté in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rudolph Maté at filmportal.de
- Rudolph Maté in the database of Find a Grave (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maté, Rudolph |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Rudolf; Maté, Rudy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American cameraman and film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1964 |
Place of death | Beverly Hills , California , USA |