Josef Coenen
Directing
- Born
- March 30, 1885 · Cologne, Germany
- Died
- January 1, 1941 (age 55)
Josef Coenen was born on 30 March 1885 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Coenen began working there in 1912 as a recording manager and director at the film production company Decla until 1916. From 1918 to 1920 he was again engaged as a director by Decla and staged several films with Carola Toelle in the leading role. Between 1922 and 1929 Josef Coenen owned his own production company in Munich . In 1929 an obligation took him to Paris (Perret Pictures).
The transition to the sound film failed Coenen; from 1932 to 1936 he was ill, since January 1938 unemployed. His last sign of life dates from 1941.
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 1919Die Ehe der Frau Mary Director
- 1919Das ewige Rätsel Director
- 1919Die Insel der Glücklichen Director
- 1919Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern Director
- 1919Phantome des Lebens Director