Karl Freund
Karl Freund (1890-1969) was a pioneering cinematographer and director who shaped film and TV. He shot German Expressionist classics (*Metropolis*, *The Last Laugh*) and Hollywood hits like *Dracula*, winning an Oscar for *The Good Earth*. Freund directed *The Mummy* and invented "flat lighting," per...
Born
January 16, 1890 in Königinhof, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic]
Died
May 3, 1969
Works with Directors
Fritz Lang
Known for
The Rats (1921), Metropolis (1927), The Suffragette (1913), Undercurrent (1946), Back Street (1932)
