William Dieterle

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William Dieterle
Dieterle, ca. 1928
Born	Wilhelm Dieterle (1893-07-15)July 15, 1893 Ludwigshafen, Rhineland Palatinate, German Empire
Died	December 9, 1972(1972-12-09) (aged 79) Ottobrunn, Bavaria, West Germany[1]
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1911–1966
Spouse	Charlotte Hagenbruch (1896–1968)

William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s.

His best-known films include The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941). His film The Life of Emile Zola (1937) won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so.