Biography
Karl Freund was a cinematographer and film director. Born on 16 January 1890 in Dvůr Králové, Bohemia (then Austria-Hungary), he began working in the film industry in Berlin in 1905 and became a leading cinematographer during the German Expressionist period.
He shot over 100 films, including The Golem (1920), The Last Laugh (1924) and Metropolis (1927). Freund emigrated to the United States in 1929 and continued as director of photography on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Dracula (1931), Camille (1936), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and Key Largo (1948). He directed The Mummy (1932) and won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In the 1950s he worked on the television series I Love Lucy.
