Highest rated movie: Paula (1952)
Lowest rated movie: For the First Time (1959)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Rudolph Maté? Cinafilm has a total of 476 reviews across 18 movies directed by Rudolph Maté.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 61%.
Paula is Rudolph Maté's highest rated movie, with a score of 74% based on 1 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Rudolph Maté is For the First Time, with a score of 49% based on 3 reviews.
Rudolph Maté, A.S.C. (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964), born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, was an accomplished cinematographer and film director.
Born in Kraków (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Maté started in the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throughout Europe, sometimes with noted colleague Karl Freund. Maté worked on several of Carl Theodor Dreyer's films including The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932) which led to his being hired as director of photography on a number of prominent films.
Maté worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid-1930s, including Dodsworth (1936), the Laurel and Hardy feature Our Relations (1936) and Stella Dallas (1937). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, for Foreign Correspondent (1940), That Hamilton Woman (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Sahara (1943), and Cover Girl (1944).
In 1947, he turned to directing films, his credits include When Worlds Collide (1951), the film noir classic D.O.A. and No Sad Songs for Me (both 1950).
Directed by Maté, The 300 Spartans is a 1962 film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese.
He died from a heart attack in Hollywood on October 27, 1964 at the age of 66.
Rudolph Maté has directed films starring Raymond Greenleaf, Peter Hansen, Sandro Giglio and William Holden.
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