Film & TV
Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, Breslau, Silesia, Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland – 6 September 1977, New York City) was a German Jewish cinematographer. He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the first uses of the process was for Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz…
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1893-07-21
- date of death
- 1977-09-06
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- name in native language
- Eugen Schüfftan
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- Chu
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