Actor
Karl Freund
January 16, 1890 · Königinhof, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890-May 3, 1969) was a cinematographer and film director. Born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, his career began in 1905 when, at age 15, he got a job as an assistant projectionist for a film company in Berlin where his family moved in 1901. He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films, including the German Expressionist films The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 where he continued to shoot well remembered films such as Dracula (1931) and Key Largo (1948). He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937).
Notable work
Often works with
Paul Lukas
3 titles together
Gift of Gab, The Countess of Monte Cristo, I Give My Love
Boris Karloff
2 titles together
The Mummy, Gift of Gab
C. Montague Shaw
2 titles together
The Mummy, Uncertain Lady
Rollo Lloyd
2 titles together
Mad Love, Madame Spy
Roger Pryor
2 titles together
Gift of Gab, Moonlight and Pretzels
Fay Wray
2 titles together
The Countess of Monte Cristo, Madame Spy
