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The Schüfftan process is a special effect in filmmaking named after its inventor, German cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan (1893 - 1977). The technique consists of covering part of the camera's view with a mirror, allowing filmmakers to assemble an image from multiple parts. It was widely used in the first half of the 20th century before being ...
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Pendant la période qui suit son exil d’Allemagne, Max Ophuls travaille à six reprises avec son compatriote, le chef opérateur Eugen Schüfftan sur La Tendre Ennemie (1936), La Comédie de l’argent (1936), Yoshiwara (1937), Le Roman de Werther (1938), Sans Lendemain (1939) et De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940).
Blackmail (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Got A Real Criminal To Direct. Former architect, painter and sculptor who entered film in the early 1920s as a special effects artist. He invented the Schufftan Process, a technique which allowed a single camera to combine live action with shots of miniature models by means of a specially adapted mirror.
Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, in Breslau, Silesia, Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland – 6 September 1977, in New York City) was a German cinematographer. He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the early uses of the process was for Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The technique was widely used ...
When Eugen Schüfftan was nominated for the 1961 Academy Award for The Hustler , American Cinematographer magazine was unable to provide much background in their customary profile; when Schüfftan's name was announced as the winner on Oscar night, Howard Keel blithely accepted the award, declaring, "I don't know where he is."
Eugen Schüfftan. Cinematographer: The Hustler. Eugen Schüfftan moved from his motherland, Germany, to France in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi movement. He moved to the US in 1940 and became a member of Local 644, the East Coast cinematographers chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
