Paul Leni
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Emerging from a Jewish family in Stuttgart, he entered Berlin's Academy of Fine Arts after an early stint as an avant-garde painter, then built a reputation as a theatrical set designer for several Berlin venues. By 1913 he had transitioned to the German film industry, creating sets and costumes for directors such as Joe May, Ernst Lubitsch and E. A. Dupont, and during World I began directing titl…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
