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William Wauer (1866–1962) was a German sculptor and film director of the silent era. In 1913 he co-directed the biopic Richard Wagner (1913). In 1915 he directed The Tunnel the first adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's science fiction novel Der Tunnel.

In 1884 after he had completed his secondary school education in Dresden and Halle, William Wauer, son of a Thuringian clergyman, registered at the Dresden academy to study art. Later he transfered to the academies in Berlin and Munich.
From 1888 a very intensive and eventful part of his life followed, during which the artist lived in San Francisco, New York, Vienna, Rome, Leipzig, Dresden and other places. He worked as a publisher, art critic, feature editor and illustrator, published the monthly journal "Quickborn" and spent some time as head of the advertising department of Lingner-Werke in Dresden where he developed a famous advertising campaign for "Odol" mouthwash.

From 1900 William Wauer devoted more and more of his time to the theater. From 1905 he attended the directing class of the Berlin theater school and in 1911 sucessfully directed Herwarth Walden's pantomime "Die vier Toten der Fiametta". William Wauer's directing work is one of the first highlights of the the theater work performed by the art group "Der Sturm", which Wauer joined in 1912.

From that year Wauer also worked as film director: "Richard Wagner" was made in 1913, "Der Tunnel" in 1914-15 and "Peter Lump" in 1916. Alongside his work as a director for film and theater, the versatile artist William Wauer also dedicated himself to fine art.
In 1918 he first contributed some of his own sculptures to the 61st exhibition of the gallery "Der Sturm". William Wauer's most famous works are his portraits - H. Walden's bust is an incunable of Expressionist statuary. William Wauer's sculptures are marked by a dramatic rhythm of movement and an expressively moved, ornamental surface design. Until the gradual dissolution of the "Sturm" circle in 1924, Wauer also contributed to the "Sturm" journals, wrote books and worked at the "Sturm" art school.

In 1924 Wauer founded the "Internationale Vereinigung der Expressionisten, Kubisten, Futuristen und Konstruktivisten", which he was head of until its ban in 1933. In 1941 the Nazis classified William Wauer's art as "degenerate" and he was banned from working. After the war William Wauer's sculptures, paintings and prints were regularly shown at exhibitions. He worked as a lecturer at the West-Berlin adult education center and was member of the board of the "Verband der Berliner Bildenden Künstler". william-wauer.com

Director (33 credits)
1921 Uroda zycia
1921 Die Nächte des Cornelis Brouwer
1920 Masken
1919 Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
1919 Die Tochter des Henkers
1919 Hungernde Millionäre
1919 Carewicz
1919 Mulle, der Frechdachs
1918 Frauen, die der Abgrund verschlingt
1918 Menschen, die durchs Leben irren
1918 Sträfling 113 oder Die Ehre der Väter
1918 Lorenzo Burghardt
1918 Dr. Schotte
1918 Die Brüder von Zaarden
1918 Vater und Sohn
1918 Doppelt verankert (Short)
1918 Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
1917 Des Prokurators Tochter
1917 Am Abgrund
1916 Die Gräfin Heyers
1916 Entehrt
1916 Im Bewußtsein der Schuld
1916 Rosa kann alles
1916 Peter Lump
1915 Auf der Alm
1915 Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
1915 Der Loder
1915 Der Tunnel
1915 So rächt sich die Sonne
1914 Der Sieger (Short)
1914 Silvesterfeier im Schützengraben
1914 Bismarck
1913 Richard Wagner (uncredited)
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