FRANK E. KLEINSCHMIDT

DIRECTING

Frank Emil Kleinschmidt (1871-1949) was a photographer and documentary cinematographer who explored the Arctic and filmed with the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Kleinschmidt was born in Alt Rüdnitz, Germany, on September 28, 1871.

In 1893, he emigrated to the United States while working his way around the globe as a sailor on tramp steamers.