von Sternberg

American  

[von sturn-burg] / vɒn ˈstɜrn bɜrg /

noun

1. Josef or Joseph Josef Stern, 1894–1969, U.S. film director and screenwriter, born in Austria.

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von Sternberg British  

/ fɔn ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk, vɒn ˈstɜːnˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), real name Jonas Sternberg. 1894–1969, US film director, born in Austria, whose films include The Blue Angel (1930), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), and the unfinished I, Claudius (1937)

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Example Sentences

We put together a tribute evening at the American Cinematheque, and Rudy’s screenwriter Jerry Jones, cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg, and “Dolemite” composer Ben Taylor participated.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2019

Another key image in the exhibit is a poster for The Scarlet Empress from 1934 starring Marlene Dietrich, directed by Josef von Sternberg.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019

He worked on the scenario for a week, creating two gangsters—one thuggish, one swank—and a flapper attracted to both, and von Sternberg turned the story into a darkly brooding composition of shadows and fleeting figures.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

Marlene Dietrich was a little-known German actress when she was cast as the title figure of this tragicomedy directed by Josef von Sternberg.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

After some conversation I suggested to Ambassador von Sternberg that perhaps the foreign office at Berlin was withholding the document because of my writings on German colonial matters.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert