How Did German-American Influence On Hollywood

German-Americans are major influence on movies in Hollywood throughout the years and still until this day. According to Peter Kramar, author of Hollywood in Germany by the “1940’s 10,000 to 15,000 Germans had migrated to Southern California”. 30,000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe after the rise of Hitler. 80% of these people were Jewish. Many fled from Europe to the United States specifically Hollywood. Many of people had musical, theater and film talents. The first wave of émigrés Germans came in the 1920’s as talent raids happened at UFA in German. The second wave of exiles happened in the late 1930’s as the Nazi regime began and Jewish people faced persecution or racial discrimination. Between the 1930s-1940s, 800 Germans had found employment in Hollywood, in which many were directors, cinematographers, sound technicians, and set designers. This mass migration meant that in American genre the highest German profession was in the horror genre. “It was the greatest transfer of it’s kind ever
He moved from Berlin, Germany to Hollywood and became a cinematographer for Universal studios after the talent raids in Germany. Freund like many other people in Germans faced death or racial discrimination if he continued a life in German. After a brief spell the in Austrian army he was spotted during the UFA raids. His outstanding work in Germany left Hollywood in need of such talent. Freund influenced horror movies after he raised the bar with fluid camera movements as well as low lightening in his movies. Both of these techniques became popular for movies after the talented Freund used these techniques in Dracula. After a remarkable career in cinematography Freund changed his career and became a photographer in Hollywood. He was responsible for the famous sitcom I love Lucy in which 400 episodes were produced. Many Americans enjoyed the sitcom before his death in