Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

female, deceased (2003)
Nazi, triumph des willens, NUBA, Triumph of the Will, third reich, nuremberg…Propagandafilmdirector, film director, Silent film actor, film actor, film history
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film...
Frank Capra

Frank Capra

male, deceased (1991)
Roman Catholic, from the Province of Palermo, Propagandafilmdirector, California Institute of Technology alumni, Italian-American, It's a Wonderful Life…Best Director Academy Award winner, film director, Best Director Golden Globe, Hollywood director
Frank Capra (18 May 1897 - 3 September 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number...
Joris Ivens

Joris Ivens

male, deceased (1989)
Documentary filmmaker, Magnitogorsk, Propagandafilmdirector, Song of Hero, propaganda film, The Spanish Earth…Documentary film, film director, film producer, Film editor
Joris Ivens (November 18 1898-June 28 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and devout communist. He is generally respected as one of the...
Veit Harlan

Veit Harlan

male, deceased (1964)
Propagandafilmdirector, Capri, German, Capri, Italy, film director, World War I…Universum Film AG, Advisor to the director, film producer, Dialogue Director
Veit Harlan (September 22 1899, Berlin - April 13 1964, Capri, Italy) was a German film director and actor. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he...
Humphrey Jennings

Humphrey Jennings

male, deceased (1950)
Old Persean, Poros, Poros, Greece, Propagandafilmdirector, Perse School, english literature…film director, GPO Film Unit, director Lindsay Anderson
Humphrey Jennings, (August 19 1907 Walberswick, Suffolk - September 24 1950 Poros, Greece), was an English film-maker and one of the founders of...
Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

male, deceased (1987)
Munich Kammerspiele, Propagandafilmdirector, Nazi Germany, Ich klage an, Preußisches Staatstheater Berlin, Deutsche Filmakademie Babelsberg…German Film Academy Babelsberg, Universum Film AG, Theatre director, film director, Theater Director
Wolfgang Liebeneiner was a German actor and film and theater director. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of the Munich...
John Grierson

John Grierson

male, deceased (1972)
Propagandafilmdirector, Alumni of the University of Glasgow, From Stirling, Documentary film, Documentary filmmaker, Cinema pioneer…film director, film producer
John Grierson (26 April 1898 - 19 February 1972) is often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film.
Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler

male, deceased (2002)
Propagandafilmdirector, Nazi propagandist, Die Frontschau, The Eternal Jew, Feldzug in Polen, Propaganda Ministry…film director
Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. He is most...
Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov

male, deceased (1954)
January 15, Propagandafilmdirector, Cinematographer, Russian, Russian and Soviet film director, polish…Documentary film, Film theorist, Film editor, film director
Dziga (Dzyga) Vertov January 15 (New Style), 1896-February 12, 1954) was a Russian pioneer documentary film and newsreel director. His brothers...