Director
Ernst Lubitsch
January 28, 1892 · Berlin, Germany
Ernst Lubitsch (January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
Lubitsch is best known for screwball comedies and romantic comedies, such as Trouble in Paradise (1932), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and To Be or Not to Be (1942). While being escapist, his films often offer social commentary on human relationships and society in a satirical way.
Notable work
Often works with
Edward Everett Horton
5 titles together
Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living, Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Charles Ruggles
4 titles together
Trouble in Paradise, One Hour with You, The Smiling Lieutenant
Victor Janson
4 titles together
The Doll, The Oyster Princess, I Don't Want to Be a Man
Maurice Chevalier
4 titles together
One Hour with You, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Merry Widow
Miriam Hopkins
3 titles together
Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living, The Smiling Lieutenant
Tyler Brooke
3 titles together
Trouble in Paradise, Bluebeard's 8th Wife, The Merry Widow
Full filmography · 70
That Lady in Ermine
Director
1948
Cluny Brown
Director
19467.2
Heaven Can Wait
Director
19436.9
To Be or Not to Be
Director
19427.8
That Uncertain Feeling
Director
19416.6
The Shop Around the Corner
Director
19408.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Director
19387.1
Angel
Director
19376.7
The Merry Widow
Director
19346.7
Design for Living
Director
19337.1
Mr. Broadway
as Ernst Lubitsch
1933
The Clerk
Director and Writer
1933