Rudolph Maté

Gender: Male
Born: 21st January 1898
Died: 27th October 1964
Nationality: Poland, United States of America
Movies: A Pattern of Deceit, Branded, D.O.A., For the First Time, Forbidden, It Had to Be You, Miracle in the Rain, No Sad Songs for Me, Paula, Port Afrique, Sally and Saint Anne, Second Chance, Seven Seas to Calais, Siege at Red River, The 300 Spartans, The Barbarians, The Black Shield of Falworth, The Dark Past, The Deep Six, The Far Horizons, The Green Glove, The Mississippi Gambler, The Prince Who Was a Thief, The Rawhide Years, The Road to Lourdes, The Violent Men, Three Violent People, Union Station, When Worlds Collide

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

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