Rudolph Maté

Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, film director and producer (1898–1964)

0.34body-of-work score · ranked #1647 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 21, 1898 · Kraków
Died
October 27, 1964 · Hollywood
Nationality
Austria–Hungary, Second Polish Republic, United States
Work
film director, cinematographer, camera operator, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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. 1

    1950 · United States · film-noir, thriller, crime

    National Film Registry (inducted 2004) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.342 citations

Complete filmography

All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1947It Had to Be You
  • 1948The Dark Past
  • 1950Branded
  • 1950D.O.A.
  • 1950No Sad Songs for Me
  • 1950Union Station
  • 1951The Prince Who Was a Thief
  • 1951When Worlds Collide
  • 1952Paula
  • 1952Sally and Saint Anne
  • 1952The Green Glove
  • 1953Forbidden
  • 1953Second Chance
  • 1953The Mississippi Gambler
  • 1954Siege at Red River
  • 1954The Black Shield of Falworth
  • 1955The Far Horizons
  • 1955The Rawhide Years
  • 1955The Violent Men
  • 1956Miracle in the Rain
  • 1956Port Afrique
  • 1956Three Violent People
  • 1958The Deep Six
  • 1959For the First Time
  • 1960Revak the Rebel
  • 1962Seven Seas to Calais
  • 1962The 300 Spartans