Ewald André Dupont

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Ewald André Dupont (25 December 1891, Zeitz, Saxony, Germany – 12 December 1956, Hollywood) was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont.

A newspaper columnist in 1916, Dupont became a screenwriter and began directing his own crime-story scripts in 1918. After several successes in his native Germany in silent films, he worked in London and in Hollywood, California.

His film Piccadilly (1929), a late silent, is noted for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Atlantic of the same year is seen as one of the most innovative uses of sound technology available at the time.

After his successes in the UK, Dupont returned to Hollywood in 1933, though he directed only a handful of films after 1939.

[edit] External links

• Ewald André Dupont at the Internet Movie Database
• Ewald André Dupont at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

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NAME	Dupont, Ewald André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Film director
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zeitz, Saxony, Germany
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1956
PLACE OF DEATH	Hollywood, California, United States