Gunther von Fritsch


Gunther von Fritsch was an American film director who was born in Pula, Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Pasadena.

Biography

Gunther von Fritsch was born 15 July 1906 in Pula. He studied in Paris, and in 1930 moved to the United States and began as an editor and assistant director of films. He married actress Bunny Beatty on 29 June 1937 in Manhattan, New York. They then moved to Los Angeles and had two daughters together. During World War II, he entered the United States Army Signal Corps. After the war, he directed training films for the State Department in West Berlin.
Von Fritsch died of a stroke in Pasadena 27 August 1988. His films won one known award for his work in 1944 when he had co-directed The Curse of the Cat People. In 2020, the film was recognized and awarded a Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the award year 1945.

Filmography

YearTitleTypeNotes
1930Man Troublefilmassistant director
1931The Spyfilmassistant director
1936Wanted – A Mastershortco-director
1943Seeing Handsshort
1944The Curse of the Cat Peoplefilmco-director
1946Traffic with the Devildocumentary
1947Cigarette Girlfilmdirector
1947Give Us the Earthdocumentarydirector and cinematographer
1947Body and Soulfilmmontages director
1949Heart to Heartdocumentary
1950Big TownTV series
1953Stolen Identityfilmdirector
1954Flash GordonTV series8 episodes
1970Snow Bearfilmdirector