Disney animated movies, Fantasia, Saludos Amigos, and Bambi. He also began his decades-long reporting for the publication Aufbau, New York, for the "Westküste" (West Coast) section of which he wrote about general political and cultural subjects of California. Porges also had his own regular column therein, "Man About Hollywood," devoted to film. "Interviews with leading Hollywood personalities, critical or cynical, but also enthusiastic views of events connected to the big screen, gave him the opportunity to display his vast knowledge on the subject of motion pictures." During WWII, and for many years thereafter, he worked for the US State Department and "The Voice of America," and was Hollywood correspondent for numerous large postwar publications and radio stations in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. Friedrich Porges was a founding member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, of which he was elected president three times (1948, 1954, and 1957). In 1961 he served as chairman of the board. In 1959, he was awarded the "Dimitri Tiomkin International Press Award" for the best Hollywood story of the year. Books ( selected titles ) Die Liebe des Thomas Hill ( "The Love of Thomas Hill" ), 1920 Charlie Chaplin der Vagabund der Welt ( "Charlie Chaplin, The Vagabond of the World" ), 1931 Mensch in Fesseln ( "Man in Shackles" ), a Drama about Heinrich Heine, 1931 Schatten erobern die Welt, wie Filme und Kino Wurden ( "Shadows Conquer the World, How Film and Movies Came to Be" ), 1946 Selected Filmography Die Nacht der Mary Murton ( "The Night of Mary Murton" )(1921) Der Marquis von Bolibar ( "The Marquis of Bolibar")(1922) Die Tochter des Brigadiers ( "The Daughter of the Brigadier" ) (1922), after Alexandre Dumas Adam und Eva ("Adam and Eve") )(1923) Der Film im Film ("The Film in the Film" )(1924), in which actors such as Asta Nielsen and Conradt Veit, as well as the director, Fritz Lang, give commentaries Alles will zum Film ("Everybody Wants to be in the Movies" ) (1927) Awards Dimitri Tiomkin International Press Award 1959 Personal life Friedrich Porges was married from 1913 until his death in 1978 to Helene Matzner ( 1891–1985), who emigrated with him to the US. They had two daughters, Stella (1914–1999) and Erica (1917–1978), who were also able to emigrate to California. References 1890 births 1978 deaths Austrian film directors Film people from Vienna Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United