Name Julius Aussenberg | ||
Julius Außenberg, (or Aussenberg) (born April 1, 1887 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died August 22, 1955 in Vienna, Austria), was an Austrian Movie Producer, Finance Manager und Filmmanager.
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Aussenberg was trained in business, but changed careers to the Film industry. Shortly after World War I, he quickly rose up the ladder and in 1924 became the European representative of the Hollywood production company Fox. In 1926 Assenberg accompanied F. W. Murnau to Hollywood to shoot, where Murnau was directing the Fox Film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Zurück in Deutschland, zeichnete Außenberg im Jahr darauf für die Herstellung von Walter Ruttmanns berühmter Berlin-Dokumentation Berlin – Symphonie der Großstadt verantwortlich.
Aussenberg became Head Producer at Deutsche Lichtspiel-syndikat production company. At the same time, he worked on his own production company Atlantis-Film, and he was a partner in Joe Mays May-Film A.G., and in 1930 he took part in Alexander Korda's London-Film as its General Representative for Europe und Overseas. When Adolf Hitlers assumed power, Julius Aussenberg had just planned the production of two films with Elisabeth Bergner which were never filmed. In 1933, the same year, the Jewish film manager fled from Germany und settled in Czechoslovakia, where he produced few films.
Julius Aussenbergs stepson was the director Thomas Fantl.