Joseph Delmont, (8 May 1873 as Josef Pollak in Loywein, Austria – 12 March 1935 in Bad Pystian, Slovakia) was an Austrian film director of some 200 films, largely shorts, in which he was noted for his innovative use of beasts of prey. He was also a cameraman, actor and screenplay writer. During later life he was active as an author.
After he retired from the film business he dedicated to the writing and he published several books like "Juden in Ketten" and "Der Ritt auf dem Funken".
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He began his professional career already at a young age at the circus - among others as an aerialist and animal tamer - where he already lived as a child and where he grew up. In parallel he made an apprenticeship as a metal turner but remained active at the circus. The tours led him through Europe and the USA. When he later realised movies he used his experiences from the circus and used real predators in his movies.
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He already used real predators in these early movies to bring out the adventurous scenery.
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From 1910 he realised longer movies for the cinema, often belonging to the genres adventure and action. At this point in time he began to use the pseudonym Joseph Delmont.
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His last movies as a director came in the 20s.
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The director and screen writer Joseph Delmont was born as Josef Pollak in Loiwein.
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He joined the film business in 1903 and first realised numerous short movies of only few minutes each for Vitagraph.
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For many of his movies he also wrote the screenplay.
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