Rudolph Maté

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rudolph Maté, A.S.C. (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964), born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. Born in Kraków (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Maté started in the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throughout Europe, sometimes with noted colleague Karl Freund. Maté worked on several of Carl Theodor Dreyer's films including The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932) which led to his being hired as director of photography on a number of prominent films. Maté worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid-1930s, including Dodsworth (1936), the Laurel and Hardy feature Our Relations (1936) and Stella Dallas (1937). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, for Foreign Correspondent (1940), That Hamilton Woman (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Sahara (1943), and Cover Girl (1944). In 1947, he turned to directing films, his credits include When Worlds Collide (1951), the film noir classic D.O.A. and No Sad Songs for Me (both 1950). Directed by Maté, The 300 Spartans is a 1962 film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese. He died from a heart attack in Hollywood on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Maté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Letter to Loretta

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The 300 Spartans

(1962) Director

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Foreign Correspondent

(1940) Director of Photography

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The Far Horizons

(1955) Director

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

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To Be or Not to Be

(1942) Director of Photography

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Gilda

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The Lady from Shanghai

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Acting

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1963	Director	Aliki My Love 1963-12-11 Movie
1962	Director	Seven Seas to Calais 1962-12-22 Movie
	Director	The 300 Spartans 1962-08-01 Movie
1960	Director	The Barbarians 1960-10-04 Movie
1959	Director	For the First Time 1959-02-26 Movie
1958	Director	The Deep Six 1958-01-15 Movie
1956	Director	Three Violent People 1956-12-01 Movie
	Director	The Rawhide Years 1956-07-01 Movie
	Director	Port Afrique 1956-06-18 Movie
	Director	Miracle in the Rain 1956-03-31 Movie
1955	Director	The Far Horizons 1955-07-04 Movie
	Director	The Violent Men 1955-01-26 Movie
1954	Director	The Black Shield of Falworth 1954-09-02 Movie
	Director	The Siege at Red River 1954-05-01 Movie
1953	Director	Forbidden 1953-12-02 Movie
	Director	Letter to Loretta 1953-09-20 TV Show
	Director	Second Chance 1953-07-18 Movie
	Director	The Mississippi Gambler 1953-01-29 Movie
1952	Director	Sally and Saint Anne 1952-07-01 Movie
	Director	Paula 1952-05-15 Movie
	Director	The Green Glove 1952-02-28 Movie
1951	Director	When Worlds Collide 1951-09-14 Movie
	Director	The Prince Who Was a Thief 1951-05-17 Movie
1950	Director	Branded 1950-11-03 Movie
	Director	Union Station 1950-10-04 Movie
	Director	No Sad Songs for Me 1950-04-27 Movie
1949	Director	D.O.A. 1949-12-23 Movie
1948	Director	The Dark Past 1948-12-22 Movie
1947	Director	It Had to Be You 1947-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1948	Producer	The Return of October 1948-10-26 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1947	Cinematography	The Lady from Shanghai 1947-12-24 Movie
1941	Cinematography	It Started with Eve 1941-09-26 Movie
	Cinematography	The Flame of New Orleans 1941-07-07 Movie
1932	Cinematography	The Beautiful Sailor 1932-12-02 Movie
	Cinematography	Aren't We All? 1932-03-17 Movie
1930	Cinematography	Miss Europe 1930-08-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1947	Director of Photography	It Had to Be You 1947-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Down to Earth 1947-08-21 Movie
1946	Director of Photography	Gilda 1946-04-25 Movie
1945	Director of Photography	Over 21 1945-08-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tonight and Every Night 1945-01-09 Movie
1944	Director of Photography	Address Unknown 1944-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cover Girl 1944-03-22 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	Sahara 1943-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	They Got Me Covered 1943-03-04 Movie
1942	Director of Photography	The Pride of the Yankees 1942-07-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	To Be or Not to Be 1942-03-05 Movie
1941	Director of Photography	That Hamilton Woman 1941-04-03 Movie
1940	Director of Photography	Seven Sinners 1940-10-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Foreign Correspondent 1940-08-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	My Favorite Wife 1940-05-17 Movie
1939	Director of Photography	The Real Glory 1939-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Love Affair 1939-04-07 Movie
1938	Director of Photography	Trade Winds 1938-12-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Blockade 1938-06-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938-04-07 Movie
1937	Director of Photography	Stella Dallas 1937-08-06 Movie
1936	Director of Photography	Come and Get It 1936-11-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dodsworth 1936-09-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Our Relations 1936-09-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Message to Garcia 1936-04-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Charlie Chan's Secret 1936-01-10 Movie
1935	Director of Photography	Professional Soldier 1935-12-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Metropolitan 1935-10-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dressed to Thrill 1935-10-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Navy Wife 1935-09-17 Movie
1934	Director of Photography	The Last Billionaire 1934-10-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Liliom 1934-05-15 Movie
1933	Director of Photography	Song of the Streets 1933-07-26 Movie
1932	Director of Photography	Mister Albert 1932-07-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vampyr 1932-05-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lily Christine 1932-03-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Aren't We All? 1932-03-17 Movie
1928	Director of Photography	The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928-04-21 Movie
1924	Director of Photography	Michael 1924-09-26 Movie
1923	Director of Photography	The Merchant of Venice 1923-10-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv