Rudolph Maté

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Rudolph Maté, born as Rudolf Mayer (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964) was an accomplished cinematographer and film director.

Born in Kraków, Poland, Maté started in the film business after gratuating from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throughout Europe, sometimes with noted lensman Karl Freund. Maté worked on Carl Theodor Dreyer's film The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) which lead to him being hired as director of photography in a number of prominent films.

Maté worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid 1930s, including Dodsworth (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Cover Girl (1944), and Gilda (1946). In 1947, he turned to directing films, including When Worlds Collide (1951), the film noir classic D.O.A., and No Sad Songs for Me (both 1950).

He died from a heart attack in Hollywood on 27 October 1964, age 66.

[edit] External links

• Rudolph Maté at the Internet Movie Database