Josef von Sternberg

Director

Josef von Sternberg was born in Vienna, Austria on May 29th, 1894 and is the Director. At the age of 75, Josef von Sternberg biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
May 29, 1894
Nationality
United States, Austria
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Death Date
Dec 22, 1969 (age 75)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Cinematographer, Film Director, Film Editor, Film Producer, Screenwriter
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Riza Royce, ​ ​(m. 1926; div. 1930)​, Jean Annette McBride, ​ ​(m. 1945; div. 1947)​, Meri Otis Wilner ​(m. 1948)​
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Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
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Josef von Sternberg Life

Josef von Sternberg (born Jonas Sternberg, 29 May 1894 to May 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career spanned the transition from silent to sound era, during which he worked in most of Hollywood studios.

Sternberg's best known for his 1930 film film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich, including the highly acclaimed his finest works, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination, and constant camera motion endowing the scenes with emotional heft.

He is also accused of inventing the gangster film style with his silent era film Underworld (1927).

Sternberg's themes include the display of an individual's constant fight for their personal dignity as they sacrifice themselves for passion or love. (1932) and Shanghai Express (1932).

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Josef von Sternberg Career

Later career

Sternberg teaches a course on film aesthetics at the University of California, Los Angeles, that is based on his own creations, from 1959 to 1963. Jim Morrison, a bachelor, and graduate student Ray Manzarek, who went on to found The Doors shortly after receiving their respective degrees in 1965, were among his students. The group recorded songs referring to Sternberg, with Manzarek later referring to Sternberg as "perhaps the single influence on The Doors."

Sternberg lived in a house he built for himself in Weehawken, New Jersey, when he wasn't working in California. He collected modern art and became a philatelist, and he discovered an interest in the Chinese postal system, which culminated in him studying the Chinese language. He was often a juror at film festivals.

Fun in a Chinese Laundry (1965) was Sternberg's autobiography; the name was taken from an early film comedy. Variety referred to it as a "bitter reflection on how a master artisan can be dismissed and bypassed by an art form to which he had so much." He had a heart attack and was admitted to Midway Hospital Medical Center in Hollywood and died within a week on December 22, 1969, age 75. He was laid to rest in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California, near multiple film sets.

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