Ernst Lubitsch
Known for DirectingBorn 1892-01-28 — died 1947-11-30Berlin, Germany
Ernst Lubitsch (January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
Lubitsch is best known for screwball comedies and romantic comedies, such as Trouble in Paradise (1932), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and To Be or Not to Be (1942). While being escapist, his films often offer social commentary on human relationships and society in a satirical way.
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Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Known for
Ninotchka
1939 · as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
Hitler: A Career
1977 · as Self (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
1940 · as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Satanson
1916 · as Dr. Satansohn
Das Mirakel
1912
The Doll
1919 · as Director in Prologue (uncredited)
Lubitsch, le patron
2010 · as Self (Archival footage)
Der Blusenkönig
1917
Miss Bellboy
1915 · as Pinkeles
The Miracle
1912 · as Spielmann
Blind Cow
1915 · as Verlobter
Miss Soapsuds
1915
100 Years of the UFA
2017 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 · as Der Teufel Satan
Mr. Broadway
1933 · as Ernst Lubitsch
Käsekönig Holländer
1919
Sumurun
1920 · as Yeggar - the Hunchback Beggar
The Bodybuilder
1915 · as Stubenhocker