Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-05-06
Day of Death
1957-03-26 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Also Known As
Max Ophuls
Max Opuls
막스 오퓔스
막스 오풀스
Maximillian Oppenheimer
Max Ophüls
Biography
Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957) — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German film director who worked in Germany (1931–33), France (1933–40), the United States (1947–50), and France again (1950–57). He is best known for his smooth camera movements and complex tracking shots. Many of his films are narrated from the point of view of the female protagonist. In addition to the American romantic melodrama Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), the French productions La Ronde (1950), Le Plaisir (1952), The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) and Lola Montès (1955) are among his best-known works. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
