Karl Freund
German film director and cinematographer (1890-1969)
0.75body-of-work score · ranked #1187 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library
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- Born
- January 16, 1890 · Dvůr Králové nad Labem
- Died
- May 3, 1969 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary, German Empire, Weimar Republic, United States
- Directing career
- 10 directorial credits, 1923–1935 · first: The Sensational Trial (1923) · last: Mad Love (1935)
- 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.