STEFAN LORANT
Name: Stefan Lorant
Born: February 22, 1901 Budapest , Hungary
Died: November 14, 1997 Rochester, Minnesota
Stefan (Istvan) Lorant (February 22, 1901 in Budapest, Hungary - November 14,
1997 in Rochester, Minnesota) was a pioneering Hungarian-American editor and
author.
After schooling in Hungary, he left in 1919, to make his mark in films. He would
make a name for himself at many photographic and literary endeavors before long.
His first film, The Life of Mozart, gave him credibility as a cameraman. He made
14 films in Vienna, and Berlin, some of which he wrote, directed, and
photographed. He claimed to have given Marlene Dietrich her first film test, and
though he rejected her for the part, they remained lifelong friends.
Lorant tried more writing and still photography, and soon was editing the
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, one of Germany's finest picture magazines. Opposed
to Adolf Hitler, Lorant was imprisoned right after Hitler came to power.
Released after six months, he made his way to England, where he wrote I Was
Hitler's Prisoner, a memoir that sold out many printings. He edited the Weekly
Illustrated, a popular British picture magazine, then founded Lilliput (made
famous by his clever picture juxtapositions, as in Neville Chamberlain versus
the llama), and founded with publisher Sir Edward G. Hulton, the first great
British picture magazine, Picture Post, on October 1, 1938.
Name: Stefan Lorant
Born: February 22, 1901 Budapest , Hungary
Died: November 14, 1997 Rochester, Minnesota
Stefan (Istvan) Lorant (February 22, 1901 in Budapest, Hungary - November 14,
1997 in Rochester, Minnesota) was a pioneering Hungarian-American editor and
author.
After schooling in Hungary, he left in 1919, to make his mark in films. He would
make a name for himself at many photographic and literary endeavors before long.
His first film, The Life of Mozart, gave him credibility as a cameraman. He made
14 films in Vienna, and Berlin, some of which he wrote, directed, and
photographed. He claimed to have given Marlene Dietrich her first film test, and
though he rejected her for the part, they remained lifelong friends.
Lorant tried more writing and still photography, and soon was editing the
Münchner Illustrierte Presse, one of Germany's finest picture magazines. Opposed
to Adolf Hitler, Lorant was imprisoned right after Hitler came to power.
Released after six months, he made his way to England, where he wrote I Was
Hitler's Prisoner, a memoir that sold out many printings. He edited the Weekly
Illustrated, a popular British picture magazine, then founded Lilliput (made
famous by his clever picture juxtapositions, as in Neville Chamberlain versus
the llama), and founded with publisher Sir Edward G. Hulton, the first great
British picture magazine, Picture Post, on October 1, 1938.