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Eugen Schüfftan (1893–1977)

Cinematographer | Visual Effects | Special Effects

Eugen Schüfftan moved from his motherland, Germany, to France in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi movement. He moved to the US in 1940 and became a member of Local 644, the East Coast cinematographers chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). He invented the Schüfftan... See full bio »

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in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Died:

(age 84) in New York City, New York, USA
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1966 Chappaqua
 
1966 The Doctor Says
 
1965 Three Rooms in Manhattan (as Eugene Shuftan)
 
1964 The Big Scare (as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1964 Lilith
 
1964 The Parisienne and the Prudes (as Eugene Shuftan)
 
1963 The Virgins (director of photography / as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1963 Captain Sindbad (uncredited)
 
1961 Something Wild (director of photography / as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1961 The Hustler (director of photography / as Eugene Shuftan)
 
1960 Eyes Without a Face (as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1960 A Couple
 
1959 Head Against the Wall
 
1959 The Bloody Brood (director of photography / as Eugene Shuftan)
 
1959 Hudson's Bay (TV series)
– Battle of the Missippi (1959) (as Eugen Shuftan)
– Civilization (1959) (as Eugen Shuftan)
– The Coward (1959)
– Voice in the Wilderness (1959) (as Eugen Shuftan)
– An Eye for an Eye (as Eugen Shuftan)
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1958 La première nuit (short)
 
1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV series)
– The Contest (1957) (uncredited)
– The Promised Valley (1957) (as Eugene Shuftan)
– Way Station (1957) (as Eugene Shuftan)
– Scapegoat (1957) (as Eugene Shuftan)
– Snake Tattoo (1957) (as Eugene Shuftan)
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1956 Mina de Vanghel
 
1954 Una parigina a Roma
 
1953 Die Venus vom Tivoli
 
1953 The Crimson Curtain (short)
 
1953 Sterren Stralen Overal
 
1952 Le chemin de Damas
 
1952 La p... respectueuse
 
1952 Le banquet des fraudeurs
 
1951 Le traqué
 
1951 Les joyeux pélerins
 
1950 Gunman in the Streets
 
1948 Women in the Night (as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1946 A Scandal in Paris (uncredited)
 
1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo (uncredited)
 
1945 Club Havana (uncredited)
 
1945 Strange Illusion (uncredited)
 
1944 Bluebeard (uncredited)
 
1944 Summer Storm (uncredited)
 
1944 It Happened Tomorrow
 
1943 Hitler's Madman (uncredited)
 
1940 There's No Tomorrow
 
1940 Les musiciens du ciel
 
1940 The Emigrant
 
1939 María de la O
 
1938 Le roman de Werther (as Schufftan)
 
1938 Three Waltzes
 
1938 The Shanghai Drama
 
1938 Port of Shadows (as E. Schufftan)
 
1938 Hatred
 
1937 The Cheat
 
1937 Drole de Drame (as Eugène Schufftan)
 
1937 Yoshiwara (as Schüfftan)
 
1937/I Mademoiselle Docteur
 
1937 The Robber Symphony
 
1936 Komedie om geld (photography / as Eugen Schufftan)
 
1936 La tendre ennemie
 
1936/I The Invader
 
1935 Children of the Fog
 
1934 Norah O'Neale
 
1934 La crise est finie
 
1934 Le scandale
 
1933 High and Low
 
1933 La voix sans visage
 
1933 Unsichtbare Gegner
 
1933 Der Läufer von Marathon
 
1933 Les requins du pétrole
 
1932 The Lost Atlantis
 
1932 Coeurs joyeux
 
1932 Zigeuner der Nacht
 
1932 Queen of Atlantis
 
1932/I L'Atlantide
 
1932 Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau
 
1931 Dann schon lieber Lebertran (short)
 
1931 Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin
 
1931 Das Ekel
 
1931 Les quatre vagabonds
 
1931 Gassenhauer
 
1930 The Stolen Face
 
1930 Abschied
 
1930 People on Sunday
 
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1953 The Magnetic Monster (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
1946 The Dark Mirror (visual effects - uncredited)
 
1927 Love Me and the World Is Mine (trick photography)
 
1927 Napoleon (visual effects supervisor)
 
1927 A Modern Dubarry (trick photography)
 
1927 Metropolis (special visual effects)
 
1926 Manon Lescaut (trick photography)
 
1925 Jealousy (trick photography)
 
1925 Eifersucht (trick photography)
 
1924 Siegfried (trick photography)
 
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1955 Marianne, meine Jugendliebe (special effects)
 
1955/I Marianne of My Youth (special effects)
 
1954 Ulysses (special effects)
 
1953 The Magnetic Monster (special effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
1927 Napoleon (special effects)
 
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1947 Carnegie Hall (production technique - as Eugene Shuftan)
 
1944 Summer Storm (technical director)
 
1944 It Happened Tomorrow (technical director - as Eugen Schufftan)
 
1944 Voice in the Wind (technical advisor - as Eugene Shufftan)
 
1943 Hitler's Madman (technical director)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1932 Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau
 
1931 Das Ekel
 
1929 Ins Blaue hinein (short)
 
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1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo (as Eugen Shuftan)
 
1944 Bluebeard (as Eugen Schufftan)
 
Show ShowMake-Up Department (1 title)
1954 Ulysses (makeup artist)
 
Show ShowSet Decorator (1 title)
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Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1946 The Strange Woman (producer)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1946 A Scandal in Paris (production supervisor - as Eugene Shuftan)
 

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Alternate Names:

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