Josef von Sternberg
Birth Name:
Jonas Sternberg
Birth Place:
Vienna, Austria
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant director, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer, Music department, Soundtrack, Art director, Art department, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Film Archives in 1969
- Won a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography for "The Devil Is a Woman" in 1935
- Won an honorary German Film Award for his "outstanding individual contributions to German film" in 1963
- 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
- Began working for William A․ Brady at the World Film Company in 1915, where he was mentored by Emile Chautard
- 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
- Best known as the writer and director of the films "The Blue Angel" and "Dishonored․"
- Worked on seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich, including "The Blue Angel" and "The Devil Is a Woman․"
- Briefly appeared in uncredited roles in the films "A Girl's Folly" in 1917 and "Ana-ta-han" in 1953
Awards
- 1930Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1931Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1932Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 1932Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1935Best CinematographyWinner
- 1935Mussolini Cup - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 1936Mussolini Cup - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 1953Golden LionNominated
- 2018Special Award - Best Rediscoveries:Winner