Josef von Sternberg
✓ Source-basedstableAustrian-American film director (1894-1969)
Josef von Sternberg was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios.
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![Josef von Sternberg and Mary Pickford at the Pickfair Estate, Beverly Hills, California, in 1925. Dubbed "Mary Pickford's New Director", photos of Sternberg and Pickford were widely circulated in the press, "but the entente was short-lived."[38]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Josef_von_Sternberg%2C_Mary_Pickford._Pickfair_Estate%2C_Beverly_Hills%2C_California._1925.jpg/500px-Josef_von_Sternberg%2C_Mary_Pickford._Pickfair_Estate%2C_Beverly_Hills%2C_California._1925.jpg)
Josef von Sternberg and Mary Pickford at the Pickfair Estate, Beverly Hills, California, in 1925. Dubbed "Mary Pickford's New Director", photos of Sternberg and Pickford were widely circulated in the press, "but the entente was short-lived."[38]
The Exquisite Sinner (1926 film). M-G-M studios set. Director von Sternberg seated (right).![A measure of The Blue Angel's European marketing and its "instant international success": Danish movie poster.[98][99]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Den_blaa_Engel_%28The_Blue_Angel%29_%28film%29_Danish_poster%2C_Marlene_Dietrich%2C_Emil_Jannings.jpg/500px-Den_blaa_Engel_%28The_Blue_Angel%29_%28film%29_Danish_poster%2C_Marlene_Dietrich%2C_Emil_Jannings.jpg)
A measure of The Blue Angel's European marketing and its "instant international success": Danish movie poster.[98][99]
On set of The Blue Angel, L to R: Josef von Sternberg and Emil Jannings![The "Dietrich face": more than merely the triangulation of "three lights". Cinematographer Lee Garmes won an Academy Award in his category for Shanghai Express.[139]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Marlene_Dietrich_in_Shanghai_Express_%281932%29_by_Don_English.png/1280px-Marlene_Dietrich_in_Shanghai_Express_%281932%29_by_Don_English.png)
The "Dietrich face": more than merely the triangulation of "three lights". Cinematographer Lee Garmes won an Academy Award in his category for Shanghai Express.[139]
Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, in the costume of Sophie Frederica, on the set of The Scarlet Empress, 1934
Janet Leigh and Sternberg on the set of Jet PilotFilmography 40
The Blue Angel
Shanghai Express
Duel in the Sun
Morocco
Blonde Venus
The Scarlet Empress
The Docks of New York
The Last Command
Underworld
Dishonored
The Devil Is a Woman
The Shanghai Gesture
Crime and Punishment
Jet Pilot
Macao
Anatahan
Thunderbolt
Children of Divorce
The Great Waltz
An American Tragedy
1925 Studio Tour
The Salvation Hunters
The King Steps Out
I Take This Woman
The Epic That Never Was
The Case of Lena Smith
A Girl's Folly
The Town
Marlene Dietrich, “The Blue Angel” Screen Test
Sergeant Madden
The Drag Net
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
The Masked Bride
The Street of Sin
The Exquisite Sinner
I, Claudius
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich77 credits on file
Television 1
Awards 2
In their orbit 2
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About this person
Josef von Sternberg was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production The Blue Angel (1930). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Morocco (1930) and Shanghai Express (1932).
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