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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.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% The Man Who Laughs
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93% 75% The Cat and the Canary
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Dr. Hart's Diary
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56% The Last Warning
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50% Waxworks
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Cab No. 13
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Filmography

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The Last Warning 56% 1929 Director The Man Who Laughs 100% 87% 1928 Director The Cat and the Canary 93% 75% 1927 Director Cab No. 13 1926 Art Director Waxworks 50% 1924 Director Dr. Hart's Diary 1916 Director
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