Eugen Illés(1877-1951)
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
German director of Hungarian origin, cameraman, author and mechanical
engineer. He got a degree in Liberal Arts in Budapest, then in
Mechanical Engineering in Berlin. From 1905 to 1939, he lived and
worked in Berlin. He published several novels. In 1906, he was the
contributor of the Berliner Tageblatt; in 1908, managing director of a
cinema; and from 1911, leading director of the Berlin department of
Pathé. In the framework of his own enterprise, he dealt with the sale
of Hungarian films in Germany. The success of some 120 German film
production is associated with his name. He produced 9 films in Hungary
between May 1915 and February 1917. During World War I, he shot several
thousand meters of documentary material. His oeuvre is mostly known and
significant in the silent era and in German language areas. He returned
to Hungary in 1919.
