Josef von Sternberg
Directing · Director · Producer · Co-Director
Born May 29, 1894 · Vienna, Austria
Active 1917–1969
Josef von Sternberg, born Jonas Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-born film director and is among the few whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era.
Filmography
The Blue Angel (1930) — Director · WriterShanghai Express (1932) — DirectorThe Scarlet Empress (1934) — Director · Art Direction · Producer · Editor · Lighting TechnicianBlonde Venus (1932) — Director · Writer · Producer · EditorDuel in the Sun (1946) — Co-DirectorThe Last Command (1928) — Director · StoryThe Docks of New York (1928) — Producer · DirectorMorocco (1930) — DirectorUnderworld (1927) — DirectorDishonored (1931) — Music · Director · Writer · Additional Music · EditorThe Shanghai Gesture (1941) — Adaptation · Director · WriterThe Devil Is a Woman (1935) — Director · Director of Photography · Producer · Art DirectionAnatahan (1953) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director · Director of Photography · Screenplay · Executive ProducerCrime and Punishment (1935) — DirectorMacao (1952) — DirectorThe Masked Bride (1925) — DirectorThe Highest Bidder (1921) — Assistant DirectorI, Claudius (1937) — DirectorJet Pilot (1957) — DirectorJosef von Sternberg, A Retrospective (1969) — IntervieweeThe Salvation Hunters (1925) — Director · Editor · Screenplay · ProducerThunderbolt (1929) — DirectorAn American Tragedy (1931) — Director · Writer · ProducerChildren of Divorce (1927) — Co-Director