Mini-Biography:
Frank G. Kugler was born on April 24, 1869 in Bremen. He was an American Director of Photography, known for Should a Mother tell? (1915), The Galley Slave (1915), The New York Peacock (1917), Frank G. Kugler's first movie on record is from 1913. Frank G. Kugler died on October 22, 1950 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA . His last motion picture on file dates from 1918.
Biographical Notes in German: Kameramann des amerikanischen und deutschen Stummfilms, geboren am 24. April 1869 in Bremen, emigrierte 1890 nach den USA und wurde 1899 amerikanischer Staatsbürger [lt. IMDb]. Als Techniker verschiedene Verbesserungen und Erfindungen für Filmkameras, als Kameramann u.a. drei Jahre bei Thomas A. Edison tätig, um 1914 Präsident des "Camera Club" und bei der Life Photo Film Corporation, 1915 bis 1918 bei der Film Film Corporation, wo er - anscheinend erfolglos - auch ein Regiedebüt versuchte. So wurde er auch als Assistent von Raoul Walsh in dessen "Regeneration" genannt. Für kurze Zeit war Kugler anfangs 1916 bei Tom Terriss, verliess aber die Firma bereits wieder nach zwei Monaten. 1919 änderte er seinen Namen in Frank G. Kirby und drehte als Kameramann und Regisseur schliesslich in der ersten Hälfte der Zwanziger Jahre auch einige Spiel- und Dokumentarfilme in Deutschland. Als letzter Film wird er als Presenter für Oscar Micheaux's "The Broken Violin" 1927 erwähnt. (lhg 2012)
Frank G. Kugler Filmography [Auszug]
1918: [07.14] Her Price (Director of Photography), Directed by Edmund Lawrence, with Virginia Pearson, , ,
1918: [03.24] Daughter of France (Director of Photography), Directed by Edmund Lawrence, with Virginia Pearson, Hugh Thompson, Herbert Evans,
1917: [02.05] The New York Peacock (Director of Photography), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Valeska Suratt, Harry Hilliard, Eric Mayne,
1917: [01.14] The Bitter Truth (Director of Photography), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Virginia Pearson, Jack Hopkins, William H. Tooker,
1916: [10.09] War Bride's Secret (Director of Photography), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Virginia Pearson, Walter Law, Glen White,
1916: [08.21] Daredevil Kate (Director of Photography), Directed by Kenean Buel, with Virginia Pearson, , Mary Martin,
1915: [11.28] The Galley Slave (Director of Photography), Directed by J. Gordon Edwards, with Theda Bara, Stuart Holmes, Jane Lee,
1915: [07.00] Should a Mother tell? (Mother Love, A Mother's Love (Working title)) (Director of Photography), Directed by J. Gordon Edwards, with Betty Nansen, Stuart Holmes, Arthur Hoops,
1915: [05.00] The Plunderer (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with William Farnum, Claire Whitney, ,
1915: [03.29] The Nigger (The New Governor) (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with William Farnum, Claire Whitney, George De Carlton,
1915: [02.01] A Gilded Fool (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with William Farnum, Maude Gilbert, ,
1915: [01.00] Samson (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with William Farnum, Maude Gilbert, Edgar L. Davenport,
1914: [11.00] The Ordeal (The Mothers of Liberty) (Director of Photography), Directed by Will S. Davis, with , Anna Laughlin, ,
1914: [09.00] Captain Swift (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with David Wall, George De Carlton, William H. Tooker,
1914: [08.00] Northern Lights (Director of Photography), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with Harry Knowles, George De Carlton, Katherine La Salle,
1914: [05.29] The Greyhound (Director of Photography), Directed by Lawrence B. McGill, with William H. Tooker, Elita Proctor Otis, ,
1914: [04.15] The Banker's Daughter (Director of Photography: (--??--)), Directed by William F. Haddock, Edward M. Roskam, with Katherine La Salle, William H. Tooker, David Wall,
1913: [09.09] A Light on Troubled Waters (Director of Photography), Directed by Walter Edwin, with Augustus Phillips, Mary Fuller, John Sturgeon,
1913: [08.29] Joyce of the North Woods (Joyce of the Wilderness) (Director of Photography), Directed by Ashley Miller, with Mary Fuller, Frank McGlynn, Augustus Phillips,
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