Karl Freund
German film director and cinematographer (1890-1969)
0.75body-of-work score · ranked #1180 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 16, 1890 · Dvůr Králové nad Labem
- Died
- May 3, 1969 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary, German Empire, Weimar Republic, United States
- Work
- cinematographer, film director, screenwriter, camera operator

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1931 · United States · horror, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2000) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.644 citations - 20.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

