death_place death_date birth_place othername birth_date imdb_id article_title name occupation
new york , united states 22 march 1982 margitta , austria-hungary miklós farkas 27 july 1890 0267591 nicolas farkas
 nicolas farkas cinematographer , screenwriter , film director
nicolas farkas

nicolas farkas -lrb- 1890 -- 1982 -rrb- was an austro-hungarian-born cinematographer , screenwriter and film director .
farkas was born in margitta -lrb- marghita -rrb- , now in romania , of hungarian background .
he worked in the austrian , german and french film industries .
during the 1920s he collaborated frequently with the producer/director alexander korda .
during the 1930s he worked on a number of international co-productions , directing films such as the anglo-french melodrama `` the battle '' .
he also worked as cinematographer on g.w. pabst 's 1933 film `` adventures of don quixote '' .
