Paul Fejos
Hungarian-American filmmaker and anthropologist (1897-1963) · Hungary · On the map · Directors · Died at 66
Pál Fejős, known professionally as Paul Fejos, was a Hungarian-American director of feature films and documentaries who worked in a number of countries including the United States. He also studied medicine in his youth and became a prominent anthropologist later in life.
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Fejos MemorialFilm, 1963Narrator1940A Handful of RiceFilm, Director1938TamboraFilm, Director1935
Fange nr. 1Film, Director1934
Flugten fra millionerneFilm, Director, Writer1933
Judgment of Lake BalatonFilm, Director1932
FantômasFilm, Director, Writer1931
American LoveFilm, Director1929
BroadwayFilm, Director1928
LonesomeFilm, Director
The Last MomentFilm, 1928Director, Writer1927Land of the LawlessFilm, Writer1921Arsene Lupin's Last AdventureFilm, Director1920PánFilm, Director, Writer1897Born24 January 1897People around Paul
Annabella Paul directed Spring Shower and Sonnenstrahl
Glenn Tryon Paul directed King of Jazz and Lonesome
Gustav Fröhlich Paul directed Sonnenstrahl and Gardez le sourire
Maria Garland Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Rasmus Christiansen Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)- Christian Arhoff Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Merna Kennedy Paul directed King of Jazz (1930)
Paul Otto Paul directed Sonnenstrahl (1933)
Franz Schafheitlin Paul directed Sonnenstrahl (1933)
Leslie Fenton Paul directed The Last Performance (1929)
Albrecht Schmidt Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Kai Holm Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Emil Hass Christensen Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Ilona Dajbukát Paul directed Spring Shower (1932)
Suzet Maïs Paul directed L'Amour à l'américaine (1931)
Agnes Rehni Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Knud Heglund Paul directed Flight from the Millions (1934)
Bela Lugosi Paul directed The Last Performance (1929)
Conrad Veidt Paul directed The Last Performance (1929)
Heinrich George Paul directed Men Behind Bars (1931)
Laura La Plante Paul directed King of Jazz (1930)
George Irving Paul directed The Last Performance (1929)
Herman Bing Paul directed Men Behind Bars (1931)
Frida Richard Paul directed Voices of Spring (1933)
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During World War I, Fejos worked as a medical orderly for the Imperial Austrian Army on the Italian front lines and also managed a theater that performed for troops. After the war, he returned to Budapest and eventually worked for the Orient-Film production company. He began to direct films in 1919 or 1920 for Mobil Studios in Hungary until he escaped in 1923 to flee the White Terror and the Horthy regime. He made his way to New York City and then eventually to Hollywood where he began production on his first American feature film, The Last Moment, in October 1927. The film proved to be popular, which allowed him to sign with Universal Studios. After a number of other successful films, Fejos left America in 1931 to direct sound films in France. In 1941, he stopped making films altogether and became the director of research and the acting head of the Viking Fund.
