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Edgar Georg Ulmer ( / ˈʌlmər /; September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was a Jewish - Moravian, [1] Austrian - American film director who mainly worked on Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC ', [2] due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios.
May 8, 2024 · Edgar G. Ulmer (born September 17, 1904, Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]—died September 30, 1972, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.) was an American director known as a supreme stylist of the B-film.
- Michael Barson
The major genres that Ulmer created were: dramas, adventure, comedy, crime and romances. Here is a list of his filmography from beginning to end. Ulmer's career spanned 44 years from 1920 to 1964. His highest rate film is Sunrise (1927) at 8.4.
Jan 24, 2003 · Edgar G. Ulmer is famous principally for The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, but Ulmer’s other films remain relatively obscure and his reputation is far from assured.
- Erik Ulman
Edgar G. Ulmer was born on September 17, 1904 in Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for The Naked Dawn (1955), The Black Cat (1934) and Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943). He was married to Shirley Ulmer and Joan Warner.
- September 17, 1904
- September 30, 1972
Jan 27, 2021 · Following the world premiere of the new 4K restoration of Edgar G. Ulmer's The Light Ahead (courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film) at the 2021 New ...
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Edgar G. Ulmer is perhaps best known today for Detour,considered by many to be the epitome of a certain noir style thattranscends its B-list origins. But in his...
