Josef von Sternberg Biography

Fast Facts

• Won two Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, one for "The Docks of New York" in 1930 and one for "Morocco" in 1932
• Won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Film Archives in 1969
• Won an honorary German Film Award for his "outstanding individual contributions to German film" in 1963
• Won a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography for "The Devil Is a Woman" in 1935
• Started out as an assistant director on the film "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" in 1919
• The first film he directed was "The Salvation Hunters" in 1925, which he also wrote the screenplay for
• Began working for William A․ Brady at the World Film Company in 1915, where he was mentored by Emile Chautard
• Worked on seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich, including "The Blue Angel" and "The Devil Is a Woman․"
• Best known as the writer and director of the films "The Blue Angel" and "Dishonored․"
• Briefly appeared in uncredited roles in the films "A Girl's Folly" in 1917 and "Ana-ta-han" in 1953