E. A. Dupont
Ewald André Dupont (birth name: Andreas Ewald Dupont, born December 25, 1891 in Zeitz, † December 12, 1956 in Los Angeles ) was a German film director and screenwriter.
Life and work
Dupont worked as a journalist at a film section of the BZ at noon with before he wrote screenplays for Richard Oswald, Joe May and Paul Leni. His directorial debut was in 1918 a twelve-part detective series with the performer Max Landa. On behalf of and for Henny Porten 1921 he created a film adaptation of The Geierwally. Peak of his film work was Vaudeville (1925 ) with Emil Jannings and Lya de Putti, a drama of jealousy in the circus environment.
After that he received from 1926 engagements in the U.S. and in the UK, where he turned to 1931 early sound films in different languages . In London, Dupont was there in 1929 with Atlantic Director one of the first German sound film. After the brief return to Germany, the Jewish director Dupont 1933 went via England to the United States to exile. His work there is meaningless, he had an agency for film talent.
Dupont was married to actress Gretl Dupont.