Frank Clifford (producer)

German film producer

Frank Clifford
Born(1898-07-13)13 July 1898
Puppen, East Prussia, German Empire
Died25 April 1976(1976-04-25) (aged 77)
Mindelheim, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation(s)Producer, Writer, Director
Years active1928–1955 (film)

Frank Clifford (1898–1976) was a German film producer. He was involved in early attempts to pioneer sound film production in Europe, directing the short film Paganini in Venice for Tobis Film.[1] During the early 1930s he worked at the Epinay Studios in Paris, overseeing several films produced by the French subsidiary of Tobis. After the Second World War he worked briefly as a screenwriter for DEFA in East Berlin.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Bock, Mosel, & Spazier, pp. 24–25.

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Mosel, Wiebke Annkatrin; Spazier, Ingrun (2003). Die Tobis 1928–1945: Eine kommentierte Filmografie. Munich: Edition Text + Kritik. ISBN 978-3-88377-748-1.
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