Biography

Joseph Albrecht was born on January 5, 1894 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe (1920), A Border Scourge (1917) and The Man Who Was Afraid (1920). He died in October 1977 in Durban, South Africa.

A South African movie pioneer, he directed both the first Afrikaans sound feature, Moedertjie (1931) and the first English sound feature, Die Bou van 'n Nasie (1938).