Eugen Schüfftan

Eugen Schüfftan (21 July 1893, Breslau, Silesia, Germany now Wroclaw, Poland - 6 September 1977, New York City) was an Academy Award-winning cinematographer.

He invented the Schüfftan process, a special effects technique that employed mirrors to insert actors into miniature sets. One of the first uses of the process was for Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The technique was widely used throughout the first half of the 20th century until it was supplanted by the travelling matte and bluescreen techniques.

Schüfftan won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film The Hustler.

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1930	People on Sunday	Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
1930	Farewell	Robert Siodmak
1930	The Stolen Face	Philipp Lothar Mayring, Erich Schmidt
1931	Gassenhauer	Lupu Pick
1931	The Scoundrel	Eugen Schüfftan, Franz Wenzler
1931	Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin	Kurt Gerron
1931	I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil	Max Ophüls
1932	Coeurs joyeux	Hanns Schwarz, Max de Vaucorbeil
1932	The Mistress of Atlantis	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
1932	Zigeuner der Nacht	Hanns Schwarz
1932	L'Atlantide	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
1932	Queen of Atlantis	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
1932	La Voix sans visage	Leo Mittler
1933	Les Requins du pétrole	Rudolf Katscher
1933	Du haut en bas	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
1933	Läufer von Marathon	Ewald André Dupont
1933	Unsichtbare Gegner	Rudolf Katscher
1934	Le Scandale	Marcel L'Herbier
1934	La Crise est finie	Robert Siodmak
1934	Irish Hearts	Brian Desmond Hurst
1935	The Invader	Adrian Brunel
1935	Children of the Fog	John Quin
1935	La Tendre ennemie	Max Ophüls
1936	The Robber Symphony	Friedrich Feher
1936	Komedie om geld	Max Ophüls
1937	Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux	Marcel Carné

External links

• Eugen Schüfftan at the Internet Movie Database

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