A Brief Introduction to Douglas Seker's Life

From the aesthetic concept of the early handicraft school (most obviously Jean Luc Godard) to its direct influence on Reina Werner fassbinder, it was reinterpreted by feminists and psychoanalysts in the 1970s. Until he was regarded as the idol of a new generation of American directors-martin scorsese, jonathan demme, quentin tarantino, Todd Haynes and others.

In Hollywood, Seck is only regarded as a director who is good at shooting family dramas and soap operas. He didn't even get an Oscar nomination. But he was sought after in Europe in the 1960s, but when people realized the artistry of his films, Seck had faded out of the film industry. However, his outstanding contribution to the world film aesthetics is undeniable.

Early career

Douglas Seker studied law at Munich University, and then studied philosophy and art history at Hamburg University. He has been interested in drama since he was a student. From 65438 to 0922, he served as stage director of Weimar Theatre in Germany.

Germany:11930s

1934 entered Ufa Studios in Berlin and began his film career. He first worked as a screenwriter in Ufa Studio.

1934 directed the first film Genies in Zwei.

1936 symphony no 9 conducted by schlu &; SzligAkkord won the Best Musical Film Award at Venice Film Festival.

He directed 12 films in Germany. It was appreciated by Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, but Seck's second wife Hilde Jarry was Jewish, and his former wife Lydia Blinken was a Nazi fanatic. She denounced Seck's involvement with Jews, so Seck and his wife fled to Italy from 65438 to 0937, and then went into exile in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

1939, the film "Boefje" directed by seck was nominated for the Palme d 'Or in Cannes Film Festival.

Hollywood: 1940s-1950s

194 1 year, seck moved to the United States. His first film in America was 1943, The Hitler Madman. During the period of 1949- 1950, his efforts to return to Germany were unsuccessful. After ten years of turmoil in Hollywood, he gained a firm foothold in Universal International Film as a "family life film director". Throughout the 1950s, silk began the heyday of his career, and many important works came out.

1954, gorgeous obsession, his royal actress jane wyman, was nominated for best actress at the Oscar.

1955, what God allows is his most personal works.

From 65438 to 0956, Writing on the Wind is one of his representative works. Get three nominations for the Oscar.

1957, Warsong won the Golden Globe Award.

1958 "passionate battlefield" once in love and once in death or nominated for the golden bear award at the Berlin film festival.

1959 Spring Breeze and Autumn Rain is one of the most important works in Seck's later period, and two supporting roles were nominated for Oscar.

1959 seck is the most successful director of universal pictures. At this time, he left the United States and the film industry, immigrated to Switzerland with his wife Hilde, and worked as a teacher for a while. 1987 died.