
E.A. Dupont
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 highly expressive movement through space, accomplished by the prolific expressionist cinematographer Karl Freund. Varieté even did well in the United States, screening for 12 weeks at New York's Rialto Theatre. Dupont's success was noticed by Carl Laemmle at Universal, who offered Dupont a lucrative contract. His first project was Love Me and the World Is Mine in the early summer of 1926, which ran well over budget ($350,000) and was not a success.
His film Piccadilly (1929), a late silent, is noted for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Atlantic (also 1929) is seen as one of the most innovative uses of sound film technology available at the time.
After his successes in the UK, Dupont returned to Hollywood in 1933, though he directed only a handful of films after 1939.
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Acting (1 movie)
Directing (45 movies)

Die Geierwally
1921
Der weisse Pfau
1920

Problem Girls
1953

The Neanderthal Man
1953

The Scarf
1951

Piccadilly
1929

Variety
1925

Return to Treasure Island
1954

Atlantic
1929

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
1932

Moulin Rouge
1928

Hell's Kitchen
1939

Night of Mystery
1937

Cape Forlorn
1931

The Ancient Law
1923

Pictura
1951

The Love Storm
1930

The Green Manuela
1923

The Secret of the American Docks
1919

Love on Toast
1937

The Steel Lady
1953

The Bishop Misbehaves
1935

Ladies Must Love
1933

Two Worlds
1930

Der Läufer von Marathon
1933
She and the Three
1922

Two Worlds
1930
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
1925

Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
1922
Hearts Are Trumps
1920

Die Japanerin
1919

Alcohol
1920

Atlantic
1930

The Lost Course
1931

Trapeze
1931
Der Würger der Welt
1920

A Son Comes Home
1936

On Such a Night
1937

Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927

The Two Worlds
1930

Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
1921

Mitternacht
1918

Atlantic
1929

Somersault
1931

Forgotten Faces
1936
