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Rudolph Maté
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Director, Cinematographer Born: January 21, 1898 in Cracow, Poland Death: October 26, 1964 in Hollywood, CA Biography:Rudolf Matheh became an assistant cameraman for "Alexander Korda" in Hungarian films of the late teens. In the mid '20s he lensed some of "Carl Dreyer"'s Mika'l, and became cinematographer for Dreyer's classics "La Passion De Jeanne D'Arc" and "Vampyr". After working in France on "Fritz Lang"'s "Liliom" and "Rene Clair"'s "Le Dernier Milliardaire", Mate came to Hollywood in 1935. Here he shot such notable films as "Our Relations" with Laurel and Hardy, "William Wyler"'s "Dodsworth", "Alfred Hitchcock"'s "Foreign Correspondent", Korda's "That Hamilton Woman", and Lubitsch's "To Be Or Not to Be". Mate began directing in 1947 with the comedy "It Had to Be You", which he co-directed with "Don Hartman". As a director Mate is most fondly remembered for his early films, the noirs "The Dark Past" and "D.O.A.", and producer "George Pal"'s apocalyptic science-fictioner "When Worlds Collide". ~... Full Biography
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