Friedrich Porges

Friedrich ( Frederick ) Porges
Born14 July 1890
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died24 January 1978 (1978-01-25) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California, United States
CitizenshipAustrian, American (from 1949)
OccupationJournalist-author-screenwriter-film critic-movie director-publisher
Years active1908-1975
SpouseHelene Matzner (m.1913, died 1985)

Friedrich ( Frederick ) Porges (1890–1978) was an Austrian-American film director of the silent era, journalist, publisher, screenwriter, author and film critic. Of Jewish background, he fled Vienna just prior to the Anschluss of 1938 and emigrated to Britain and the United States.[1][2]

  1. ^ Transdisciplinary Constellations in Austrian Literature, Art and Culture of the Interwar Period. https://litkult1920er.aau.at/litkult-lexikon/porges-friedrich
  2. ^ Ulrich, Rudolf (1993). Österreicher in Hollywood, ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung des amerikanischen Films, Edition S, Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei. p. 225 ISBN 3-7046-0419-4