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Paul Leni

Paul Leni

Highest Rated: 100% The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Lowest Rated: 93% The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Birthday: Jul 8, 1885

Birthplace: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Former avant-garde painter and poster/set designer who began his film career as artistic adviser to German director Joe May. Leni directed his first film in 1916 and is best known for the expressionist classic, "Three Wax Works" (1924). He arrived in Hollywood in 1927 and made four influential horror films for Universal before his premature death from septicemia.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 62% The Last Warning Director - 1929
100% 87% The Man Who Laughs Director - 1928
93% 75% The Cat and the Canary Director - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cab No. 13 Art Director - 1926
No Score Yet 49% Waxworks Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Hart's Diary Director - 1916