Edgar G. Ulmer worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Edgar G. Ulmer as American film director, set designer (1904-1972).
Edgar G. Ulmer was born at Olomouc in 1904. His recorded nationality is Austria.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
He worked as film director, writer and screenwriter.
The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Austria shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Edgar G. Ulmer died in 1972, aged 68. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as film director, writer and screenwriter
