Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Paul Detlefsen na Copenhagen, Denmark. Ọ bụ nwa otu dọkịta. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na School of the Art Institute of Chicago tupu ọ kwaga Hollywood iji wulite aha ya dị ka onye na-ese foto. Mgbe ọ na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma dị ka onye na-ese ihe nkiri, o mepụtara ndabere maka ihe nkiri. A họpụtara ya na
17th Academy Awards, ya na ndị ọrụ ibe ya bụ John Crouse na Nathan Levinson, maka ọrụ ha na fim 1944 "The Adventures of Mark Twain". Naanị ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ a na-ekwu maka Detlefsen bụ "The Horn Blows at Midnight" (1945), "Escape in the Desert" (1945), na "Shadow of a Woman" (1946), mana ọ nọrọ afọ iri abụọ na Warner Brothers Studios, na-ebili n'ikpeazụ ka ọ bụrụ onye na-elekọta ngalaba nka nke mepụtara ndabere matte.