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Edgar Georg Ulmer (/ ˈ ʌ l m ər /; September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was a Jewish-Moravian, Austrian-American film director who mainly worked on Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC', due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios.
May 8, 2024 · Edgar G. Ulmer (born September 17, 1904, Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]—died September 30, 1972, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.) was an American director known as a supreme stylist of the B-film.
- Michael Barson
Jan 24, 2003 · Edgar G. Ulmer is famous principally for The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, but Ulmer’s other films remain relatively obscure and his reputation is far from assured.
- Erik Ulman
The major genres that Ulmer created were: dramas, adventure, comedy, crime and romances. Here is a list of his filmography from beginning to end. Ulmer's career spanned 44 years from 1920 to 1964. His highest rate film is Sunrise (1927) at 8.4.
Edgar G. Ulmer was born on 17 September 1904 in Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for The Naked Dawn (1955), The Black Cat (1934) and Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943). He was married to Shirley Ulmer and Joan Warner.
- September 17, 1904
- September 30, 1972
Jul 15, 2005 · Although for many years it has appeared that the work of Austrian-born filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972) was destined to fall into oblivion — in one of the earliest accounts of his career ...
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Oct 8, 2020 · This article examines Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour (1945) as an example of film noir's exploration of the affective dimension of early oil-regime America.
