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Theodor Sparkuhl


Theodor Sparkuhl

Anniversaire:

10/07/1894

Lieu de naissance:

Hannover, Germany:

Biographie:

Theodor Sparkuhl débute comme chef opérateur dans son pays natal, sur trois films muets allemands sortis en 1916. L'un d'eux est Der G.m.b.H.-Tenor (de), réalisé et interprété par Ernst Lubitsch, qu'il retrouve à plusieurs reprises (ex. : Les Filles de Kohlhiesel en 1920, avec Henny Porten et Emil Jannings), jusqu'au départ du réalisateur pour les États-Unis, en 1922. Le dernier film de Lubitsch auquel il participe est Montmartre (avec Pola Negri et Alfred Abel), sorti en 1923 et en partie perdu. Durant sa première période allemande, qui s'achève en 1928 sur Crise (Abwege) de Georg Wilhelm Pabst (avec Brigitte Helm), il assiste également les réalisateurs Georg Jacoby, Richard Oswald, Lupu Pick et Arthur Robison, entre autres. Sur Der Henker (1928, avec Bernhard Goetzke), il est à la fois coréalisateur — unique expérience à ce titre — et directeur de la photographie. En 1929-1930, il collabore au Royaume-Uni (deuxième période) à quelques films britanniques. Puis en 1930-1931, il travaille en France (troisième période) sur plusieurs films français, la plupart sortis en 1931 (les deux derniers, en 1932). Ainsi, on le retrouve notamment aux côtés de Robert Florey, sur Le Blanc et le Noir (1931, avec Fernandel et Raimu), ou encore de Jean Renoir, sur On purge bébé (1931, avec Marguerite Pierry, Jacques Louvigny et Michel Simon) et La Chienne (1931, avec Michel Simon, Janie Marese et Georges Flamant). Mais surtout, il est chef opérateur sur sept films de Marc Allégret, dont cinq courts métrages (trois avec Fernandel, notamment La Meilleure Bobonne en 1930). Enfin, Theodor Sparkuhl émigre fin 19311 aux États-Unis, où il s'installe définitivement, et entame une quatrième et ultime période qui s'achève en 1946, à sa mort (son dernier film sort quasiment trois mois après). Parmi ses films américains — les trois premiers sortis en 1933 —, on compte particulièrement La Furie de l'or noir de Rouben Mamoulian (1937, avec Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott et Dorothy Lamour), Beau Geste de William A. Wellman (1939, avec Gary Cooper, Ray Milland et Robert Preston), Swing Romance d'Henry C. Potter (1940, avec Fred Astaire et Paulette Goddard), ou encore Du sang dans le soleil de Frank Lloyd (1945, avec James Cagney et Sylvia Sidney). Durant sa carrière, il a été directeur de la photographie sur environ cent-quarante films, y compris des coproductions, comme Le Voyou, film germano-britannique de Graham Cutts (1925, avec Walter Rilla et Bernhard Goetzke, ainsi qu'Alfred Hitchcock dans l'équipe technique), ou Caravane, film franco-austro-américain d'Erik Charell (1934, avec Charles Boyer, Annabella et Pierre Brasseur).



Crédits

The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
Director of Photography
Murder, He Says (1945)
Director of Photography
Blood on the Sun (1945)
Director of Photography
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
Director of Photography
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
Director of Photography
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Director of Photography
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Camera Operator
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Director of Photography
The Good Fellows (1943)
Director of Photography
Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
Director of Photography
Salute for Three (1943)
Director of Photography
Street of Chance (1942)
Director of Photography
The Glass Key (1942)
Director of Photography
Wake Island (1942)
Director of Photography
Dr. Broadway (1942)
Director of Photography
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
Director of Photography
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Director of Photography
Pacific Blackout (1941)
Director of Photography
Among the Living (1941)
Director of Photography
West Point Widow (1941)
Director of Photography
Second Chorus (1941)
Director of Photography
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Director of Photography
Queen of the Mob (1940)
Director of Photography
The Light That Failed (1939)
Director of Photography
All Women Have Secrets (1939)
Director of Photography
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Director of Photography
Beau Geste (1939)
Director of Photography
St. Louis Blues (1939)
Director of Photography
If I Were King (1938)
Director of Photography
The Texans (1938)
Director of Photography
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Director of Photography
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Director of Photography
Wells Fargo (1937)
Director of Photography
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Director of Photography
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
Director of Photography
College Holiday (1936)
Director of Photography
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
Director of Photography
Yours for the Asking (1936)
Director of Photography
Forgotten Faces (1936)
Cinematography
13 Hours by Air (1936)
Director of Photography
Ship Cafe (1935)
Director of Photography
The Last Outpost (1935)
Director of Photography
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Director of Photography
Enter Madame (1935)
Director of Photography
Caravan (1934)
Director of Photography
Father Brown, Detective (1934)
Director of Photography
Caravane (1934)
Director of Photography
Lone Cowboy (1933)
Director of Photography
Too Much Harmony (1933)
Director of Photography
Midnight Club (1933)
Director of Photography
La Chienne (1931)
Director of Photography
On purge bébé (1931)
Director of Photography
Le Blanc et le Noir (1931)
Director of Photography
Le Blanc et le Noir (1931)
Camera Car
Les Amours de minuit (1931)
Director of Photography
Suspense (1930)
Director of Photography
Harmony Heaven (1930)
Director of Photography
The Compulsory Husband (1929)
Director of Photography
Alf's Carpet (1929)
Director of Photography
The Informer (1929)
Director of Photography
The Flying Scotsman (1929)
Cinematography
The Lady from the Sea (1929)
Director of Photography
Champagner (1929)
Director of Photography
Liebeskarneval (1929)
Director of Photography
After the Verdict (1929)
Director of Photography
Abwege (1928)
Director of Photography
Der Staatsanwalt klagt an (1928)
Director
Der Staatsanwalt klagt an (1928)
Director of Photography
Der Fluch der Vererbung (1927)
Director of Photography
Der letzte Walzer (1927)
Director of Photography
Jugendrausch (1927)
Director of Photography
Madame wünscht keine Kinder (1926)
Director of Photography
Die Boxerbraut (1926)
Director of Photography
Manon Lescaut (1926)
Director of Photography
Die Gesunkenen (1926)
Director of Photography
Die Prinzessin und der Geiger (1925)
Director of Photography
Komödie des Herzens (1924)
Director of Photography
Don Carlos und Elisabeth (1924)
Director of Photography
Decameron Nights (1924)
Director of Photography
Das alte Gesetz (1923)
Director of Photography
Karusellen (1923)
Director of Photography
Die Flamme (1923)
Director of Photography
Zum Paradies der Damen (1922)
Director of Photography
Das Weib des Pharao (1922)
Director of Photography
Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens (1921)
Director of Photography
Grausige Nächte (1921)
Director of Photography
Die Bergkatze (1921)
Director of Photography
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Director of Photography
Sumurun (1920)
Director of Photography
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani (1920)
Director of Photography
Romeo und Julia im Schnee (1920)
Director of Photography
Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920)
Director of Photography
Die Puppe (1919)
Director of Photography
Madame DuBarry (1919)
Director of Photography
Vendetta (1919)
Cinematography
Rausch (1919)
Director of Photography
Die Austernprinzessin (1919)
Director of Photography
Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin (1919)
Director of Photography
Meyer aus Berlin (1919)
Director of Photography
Amt Zukunft (1919)
Director of Photography
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil (1918)
Director of Photography
Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
Director of Photography
Das Mädel vom Ballett (1918)
Director of Photography
Der Rodelkavalier (1918)
Director of Photography
Das fidele Gefängnis (1917)
Director of Photography
Der G.m.b.H. Tenor (1916)
Director of Photography