Edgar G. Ulmer

Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian film director who worked mainly in Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC', due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios. His stylish and eccentric works came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement. Ulmer's most famous productions include the horror film The Black Cat (1934) and the film noir Detour (1945). (Via Wikipedia)
Origin
Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Born
September 17, 1904
Died
September 30, 1972 (52 years ago, at 68)
Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian film director who worked mainly in Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC', due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios. His stylish and eccentric works came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement. Ulmer's most famous productions include the horror film The Black Cat (1934) and the film noir Detour (1945). (Via Wikipedia)