Paul Leni

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Birth Name: Paul Josef Levi

Born: 8 July 1885 Died: 2 September 1929

Country of origin: Germany

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Description: Leni was born to a Jewish family in Stuttgart. He became an avant-garde painter at the age of 15, he studied at Berlin's Academy of Fine Arts, and subsequently worked as a theatrical set designer, working for a number of theatres in Berlin (but not with Max Reinhardt). In 1913 he started working in the German film industry designing film sets and/or costumes for directors such as Joe May, Ernst Lubitsch, Richard Oswald, and E. A. Dupont. During World War I, Leni started directing as well with films such as Der Feldarzt (Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart, 1917), Patience (1920), Die Verschwörung zu Genua (1920/21) and Backstairs ( ... (more)

Tags: German (1), Director (1), Born 1885 (1), Died Aged 44 (1), Died 1929 (1)

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