Directing
E.A. Dupont
- Born
- Dec 25, 1891 · Aged 64
- Died
- Dec 12, 1956
- Place of birth
- Zeitz - Germany
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 46
Also known as (4)
- E.A. Dupont
- Ewald André Dupont
- E. A. Dupont
- Дюпон
Biography
Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont. A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California. One of his greatest successes was the silent film Varieté (1925). This film, about an ex-trapeze artist, was noted for its innovative camerawork with…
