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German cinematographer
Sepp Allgeier
Born 6 February 1895 Died 11 March 1968(1968-03-11) (aged 73) Occupation
Cinematographer Years active 1911–1951
Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German
cinematographer who worked on around fifty
features ,
documentaries and
short films . He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the
Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1913, he filmed newsreels in the Balkans.
[1] He then became an assistant to
Arnold Fanck , a leading director of
Mountain films . He worked frequently with
Luis Trenker and
Leni Riefenstahl , both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film
Triumph of the Will . During the
Second World War , Allgeier filmed material for
newsreels . He later worked in
West German television.
[2] His son is the cinematographer
Hans-Jörg Allgeier .
Selected filmography
References
Bibliography
Allgeier, Sepp (1931) Die Jagd nach dem Bild; 18 Jahre als Kameramann in Arktis und Hochgebirge Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns nachf. OCLC 9001961
von Savigny, Brigitte; Allgeier, Sepp (1999) Sepp Allgeier Fotografien eines Kamerapioniers Furtwangen DesignConcepts-Verl.
ISBN
9783980705905
Sepp Allgeier Archetype of a Camera Man (1999) film by Sigrid Faltin
Klien, Arno (2004) “Sepp Allgeier and the First High Mountain Movie” in 3rd FIS Ski History Conference at Winter! Sport! Museum! Mürzzuschlag, Austria pg 11
Von Moltke, Johannes (2005)
No Place Like Home: Locations of Heimat in German Cinema University of California Press
ISBN
9780520244115 pg 45
Masia, Seth (September 2006)
"Moving Pictures" Skiing Heritage Journal Vol 18 #3:37
Allen, E. John B. (2007)
The Culture and Sport of Skiing: From Antiquity to World War II Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN
978-1558496002 pg 262
Reimer, Robert Charles & Reimer, Carol J. (2010) The A to Z of German Cinema Rowman & Littlefield
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