Rudolph Maté

Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, film director and producer (1898–1964)

Person Human Q1668173

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: January 21, 1898
Date of death: October 27, 1964
Place of birth: Kraków
Place of death: Hollywood, Los Angeles^[10]
Country of citizenship: Austria–Hungary, Second Polish Republic, United States^[12]^[13]^[14]
Occupation: film director, cinematographer, camera operator, film producer, director
Educated at: Eötvös Loránd University^[15]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[17]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color^[21]^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, Polish^[23]^[24]
Birth name: Rudolf Mayer^[25]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[30]
Family name: Mate (Familienname)^[18]
Given name: Rudolph^[19]
Has works in the collection: Harvard Film Archive^[29]
Manner of death: natural causes^[20]
Name in native language: Rudolph Maté^[26]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Harvard Film Archive Project^[28]
Place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery^[11]
Start of work period: 1920^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 68

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VIAF cluster ID: 76504749
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n86075516
GND ID: 129968676
ACMI ID: creators/31477
Academy Awards Database nominee ID: 7979
AllMovie person ID: p101673
Allcinema person ID: 1769
AlloCiné person ID: 13007
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139401514
CANTIC ID: 981058614644906706
CINE21 person ID: 23089

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CONOR.SI ID: 42225507
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 42991
DDB person (GND) ID: 129968676
Danish National Filmography person ID: 152960
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 129968676
Elonet person ID: 135319
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Rudolph-Mate
Europeana entity: agent/base/56464
FES digital collections entity ID: 435248
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_129968676
FactGrid item ID: Mouzon
Fandango person ID: 436957
Film.ru person ID: rudolf-meyt
Filmportal ID: 0badc9cf60a640f0b9cd91d010964f61
Find a Grave memorial ID: 18475968
Freebase ID: /m/0b1nsv
Garance item ID: 24671572
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Rudolph_Maté
HAND ID: B835-0488-ABC0-F929-9541
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 39384
IMDb ID: nm0005789
IdRef ID: 058055932
Ivi person ID: rudolf-mate
J9U entity ID: 987007397958105171
KINENOTE person ID: 3024
Kinobox person ID: 831075
Kinopoisk person ID: 201162
LdiF person ID: 3424
MovieMeter person ID: 11593
NE.se ID: rudolph-mate
NL CR AUT ID: xx0158137
NNDB people ID: 046/000167542
NUKAT ID: n2011071534
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2018L4431
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1064065
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 241710561
Obálky knih ID: xx0158137
Open Media Database person ID: 11593
OpenMLOL author ID: 30465
PORT person ID: 169482
Prabook ID: 1719852
RedBA Granada authority ID: 66277
Related category: Category:Films directed by Rudolph Maté, Wikidata item
SBN author ID: UFIV084955
Scope.dk person ID: 19942
Sinemalar person ID: 34093
Swedish Film Database person ID: 131336
TCM Movie Database person ID (archived): 0|136248
TMDB person ID: 11593
Treccani ID: rudolph-mate
Treccani's Enciclopedia del Cinema ID: rudolph-mate
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058614644906706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1054147
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgHdKrdpM9VFxR7PBjBfq
Yale LUX ID: person/9122acb6-59ef-4bda-9138-b6c65a701c79
ČSFD person ID: 11170

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🔗 Connections

← Director of photography 43

Gilda, Foreign Correspondent, The Passion of Joan of Arc, To Be or Not to Be, The Lady from Shanghai, The Pride of the Yankees, Dodsworth, Come and Get It +35 more

Films directed 24

The 300 Spartans, D.O.A., When Worlds Collide, The Violent Men, The Black Shield of Falworth, The Mississippi Gambler, Three Violent People, No Sad Songs for Me +16 more

Occupation 5

film director, film producer, director, cinematographer, camera operator

Country of citizenship 3

United States, Austria–Hungary, Second Polish Republic

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Polish

Place of death 2

Los Angeles, Hollywood

← Producer 2

The 300 Spartans, The Return of October

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Educated at 1

Eötvös Loránd University

FactGrid item ID 1

Mouzon

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Kraków

Place of burial 1

Holy Cross Cemetery

Related category 1

Category:Films directed by Rudolph Maté

Sex or gender 1

male

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Films directed by Rudolph Maté

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Summary

Rudolph Maté was born on January 21, 1898^[1], in Kraków^[2]. He died on October 27, 1964^[3], in Hollywood^[4]. He worked as a film director^[5], cinematographer^[6], camera operator^[7], film producer^[8], and director^[9].

FAQs

Where was Rudolph Maté born?

Rudolph Maté's place of birth was Kraków^[2].

Where did Rudolph Maté die?

Rudolph Maté died in Hollywood^[4].

What did Rudolph Maté do for work?

Rudolph Maté worked as a film director^[5], cinematographer^[6], camera operator^[7], film producer^[8], and director^[9].

Where did Rudolph Maté go to school?

Rudolph Maté was educated at Eötvös Loránd University^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Rudolph Maté — place of birth (P19): Kraków. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Rudolph Maté — place of death (P20): Hollywood. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Rudolph Maté — place of death (P20): Los Angeles. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-01-29. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Rudolph Maté — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Rudolph Maté — country of citizenship (P27): Austria–Hungary. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Rudolph Maté — country of citizenship (P27): Second Polish Republic. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Rudolph Maté — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Rudolph Maté — educated at (P69): Eötvös Loránd University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Rudolph Maté — occupation (P106): film director. HOLLIS. Retrieved 2023-10-10. id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Rudolph Maté — occupation (P106): cinematographer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-25. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Rudolph Maté — occupation (P106): camera operator. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Rudolph Maté — occupation (P106): film producer. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Rudolph Maté — occupation (P106): director. www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Rudolph Maté — place of burial (P119): Holy Cross Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Rudolph Maté — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Rudolph Maté — date of birth (P569): January 21, 1898. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Rudolph Maté — date of death (P570): October 27, 1964. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Rudolph Maté — family name (P734): Mate (Familienname). wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Rudolph Maté — given name (P735): Rudolph. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Rudolph Maté — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Rudolph Maté — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Rudolph Maté — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Rudolph Maté — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Rudolph Maté — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Polish. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Rudolph Maté — birth name (P1477): Rudolf Mayer. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Rudolph Maté — name in native language (P1559): Rudolph Maté. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Rudolph Maté — start of work period (P2031): 1920. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Rudolph Maté — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Harvard Film Archive Project. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Rudolph Maté — has works in the collection (P6379): Harvard Film Archive. HOLLIS. Retrieved 2023-10-10. id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Rudolph Maté — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2023-10-20. wikidata.org.

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