Edgar G. Ulmer
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-09-17 (68 years old)
Deathday
1972-09-30
Place of Birth
Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Also known As
John Warner
Edgar George Ulmer
Edgar Georg Ulmer
Ove H. Sehested
Edgar G. Ulmer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer's other films remain relatively unknown. The first feature he directed in North America, Damaged Lives (1933), was a low-budget exploitation film exposing the horrors of venereal disease. His next film, The Black Cat (1934), starring Béla Lugosi and Boris Karloff, was made for a major studio, Universal Pictures. Demonstrating the striking visual style ...
Production
1927
as Set Designer
1930
as Director
1920
as Set Designer
1961
as Director
1961
as Set Designer
1945
as Director
1939
as Writer
1960
as Director
1934
as Story
1934
as Director
1942
as Director
1946
as Writer
1946
as Director
1945
as Director
1955
as Director
1944
as Director
1960
as Director
1948
as Director
1951
as Director
1945
as Director
1933
as Director
1933
as Writer
1947
as Director
1943
as Director
1964
as Director
1955
as Director
1943
as Director
1943
as Story
1959
as Director
1946
as Director
1957
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Director
1937
as Director
1939
as Producer
1939
as Director
1952
as Director
1943
as Director
1949
as Director
1959
as Director
1934
as Director
1939
as Director
1939
as Screenplay
1939
as Director
1951
as Director
1958
as Adaptation
1940
as Director
1928
as Assistant Art Director
1940
as Director
1923
as Art Direction
1925
as Art Direction
1929
as Art Direction
1939
as Art Direction
1928
as Set Designer
1924
as Set Designer
1956
as Producer
1932
as Art Direction
1924
as Set Designer
1939
as Production Design
1933
as Set Designer
1929
as Art Direction
1926
as Assistant Director
1946
as Director
1939
as Director
1934
as Second Unit
1940
as Director
1940
as Director
1940
as Director
1922
as Production Design
1927
as Assistant Art Director
1934
as Costume Design
1934
as Set Designer
1924
as Production Design
1931
as Production Manager
1924
as Assistant Director
1952
as Production Design
1924
as Assistant Director
1924
as Production Design
1942
as Story
1946
as Adaptation
1943
as Writer
1943
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
1943
as Story
1931
as Assistant Director
1964
as Producer
1924
as Set Designer
1933
as Production Design
1928
as Set Designer
1938
as Director
1937
as Director
1936
as Director
1929
as Line Producer
1941
as Director
1943
as Writer
1943
as Production Design
1940
as Producer
1936
as Original Story
1940
as Producer
1940
as Screenplay
1958
as Producer
1958
as Director
1931
as Production Design
1954
as Director
1943
as Director
1943
as Director
1930
as Assistant Art Director
1954
as Director
1944
as Director
1944
as Production Design
1944
as Second Unit Director
1930
as Executive Producer
1931
as Screenplay
1931
as Supervising Editor
1940
as Producer
1925
as Set Designer
1976
as Production Sound Mixer
1950
as Director
1962
as Director of Photography
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