About Karl Freund
Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (German: [frɔʏnt]; January 16, 1890 – May 3, 1969) was a German Bohemian and American cinematographer and film director. He is best known for photographing Metropolis (1927), Dracula (1931), and television's I Love Lucy (1951–1957), and for directing The Mummy (1932). Freund was an innovator in the field of cinematography, often noted for pioneering the unchained camera technique, arguably the most important stylistic innovation of the 20th century, setting the stage for some of the most commonly used cinematic techniques of modern contemporary cinema. For the first time, the camera was free of the tripod and could move around the set. He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Good Earth (1937). In 1944 he founded the Photo Research Corporation of Burbank to manufacture TV cameras and exposure meters.
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