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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.
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Filmography
all 90
Movies 89
Director 30
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
Aliki My Love (1963)
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
The Barbarians (1960)
For the First Time (1959)
The Deep Six (1958)
Three Violent People (1956)
The Rawhide Years (1956)
Port Afrique (1956)
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
The Far Horizons (1955)
The Violent Men (1955)
Forbidden (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Second Chance (1953)
Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
Paula (1952)
The Green Glove (1952)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Branded (1950)
Union Station (1950)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
D.O.A. (1949)
The Dark Past (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
It Had to Be You (1947)
Down to Earth (1947)
Gilda (1946)
Over 21 (1945)
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Address Unknown (1944)
Cover Girl (1944)
Sahara (1943)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Seven Sinners (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
Love Affair (1939)
Trade Winds (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Blockade (1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Outcast (1937)
Come and Get It (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Our Relations (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Professional Soldier (1935)
Metropolitan (1935)
Dressed to Thrill (1935)
Navy Wife (1935)
Dante's Inferno (1935)
The Last Billionaire (1934)
Liliom (1934)
The Merry Monarch (1933)
Paprika (1933)
A Woman at the Wheel (1933)
Song of the Streets (1933)
The Beautiful Sailor (1932)
Insult (1932)
Mister Albert (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932)
Lily Christine (1932)
Aren't We All? (1932)
The Wanderer (1932)
The King of Camembert (1931)
The Midnight Gentleman (1931)
Miss Europe (1930)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Infantrist Wamperls dreijähriges Pech (1927)
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1927)
Pietro der Korsar (1925)
Michael (1924)
The Merchant of Venice (1923)
Alpentragödie (1920)
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GenderMale
Birthday1898-01-21
Deathday1964-10-27 (66 years old)
Birth NameRudolf Mayer
Birth PlaceKrakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
CitizenshipsSecond Polish Republic, Austria-Hungary, United States of America
Also Known AsRudolphe Mate
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