Richard Oswald

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 11/04/1880

Date of death : 09/11/1963

City of birth : Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Director and producer of many German as well as a few American, British and French films, Richard Oswald started making films in 1914 and shortly formed his own production company. After making many successful films and discovering several important performers, he fled his homeland after the Nazi takeover and eventually settled in the US. He was the father of Gerd Oswald, a well-regarded director of "B" pictures and television shows.