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 s…

Directed

1. Variety (1925) — Director
2. Piccadilly (1929) — Director
3. The Neanderthal Man (1953) — Director
4. The Scarf (1951) — Director
5. Moulin Rouge (1928) — Director
6. Atlantic (1929) — Director
7. The Ancient Law (1923) — Director
8. The Steel Lady (1953) — Director
9. Return to Treasure Island (1954) — Director
10. Hell's Kitchen (1939) — Director
11. Problem Girls (1953) — Director
12. Love on Toast (1937) — Director
13. Der Läufer von Marathon (1933) — Director
14. Die Geierwally (1921) — Director
15. The Secret of the American Docks (1919) — Director
16. The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) — Director
17. Atlantic (1929) — Director
18. Cape Forlorn (1931) — Director
19. The Green Manuela (1923) — Director
20. Atlantic (1930) — Director
21. A Son Comes Home (1936) — Director
22. Forgotten Faces (1936) — Director
23. Der weisse Pfau (1920) — Director
24. Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) — Director
25. Night of Mystery (1937) — Director
26. Pictura (1951) — Director
27. The Love Storm (1930) — Director
28. Ladies Must Love (1933) — Director
29. Two Worlds (1930) — Director
30. She and the Three (1922) — Director
31. Der Demütige und die Tänzerin (1925) — Director
32. Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds (1922) — Director
33. Hearts Are Trumps (1920) — Director
34. The Japanese Woman (1919) — Director
35. Alcohol (1920) — Director
36. The Lost Course (1931) — Director
37. Trapeze (1931) — Director
38. Der Würger der Welt (1920) — Director
39. On Such a Night (1937) — Director
40. Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Film in the Film (1924) — Self