Elio Carniel

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Elio Carniel (born June 7, 1923 in Wiener Neustadt ; † June 3, 1991 in Katzelsdorf ) was an Austrian - Italian cameraman .

Live and act

Carniel had started as a volunteer at Wien-Film in 1942 and by the end of the war - as an Italian citizen at that time he was exempt from military service - he was already working as Richard Angst's camera assistant (e.g. in 1944 with Ulli and Marei ). From 1945 Carniel found employment as a cameraman for American newsreels, from 1948 he photographed documentary cultural short films.

His debut as head cameraman for feature films fell in 1951. Apart from Helmut Käutner's internationally acclaimed partisan drama The Last Bridge , Carniel's cinema works on harmless entertainment from the Schimek family , Eva only kisses directors , Immer die Radfahrer , Mariandl and Waldrausch limited.

In 1963 Carniel left the cinema and since then has worked primarily for television, for which he photographed several outstanding productions by director Michael Kehlmann , including the Joseph Roth film adaptations Radetzky March , Job and Flight Without End and Heldenfrühling , Carniel's last camera work.

Since the early 1970s he had been given a teaching position as a full professor at the Vienna University for Film and Performing Arts. In this position he taught camera, but continued to work in practice. In 1976 Carniel was involved in founding the Association of Austrian Cinematographers , of which he became the first chairman.

Filmography

  • 1948: Vienna is building (short documentary film)
  • 1950: Stadt am Morgen (short documentary film)
  • 1951: St. Stephan (short documentary film)
  • 1951: Here is the way (short documentary)
  • 1951: Viennese women in the shadow of the big city ( Viennese women )
  • 1952: Symphony Vienna (documentary film)
  • 1952: All about Peter (short documentary)
  • 1952: Tingeltangel ( Praterheart )
  • 1952: Lavender - a completely immoral story ( Lavender )
  • 1953: Fiakermilli - Favorite of Vienna ( Die Fiakermilli )
  • 1953: The arena of death
  • 1953: The last bridge
  • 1954: The young city (documentary)
  • 1954: Omaru - an African love story (documentary)
  • 1955: sunshine and downpour
  • 1956: Wilhelm Tell
  • 1956: The shepherd's song from the Kaisertal
  • 1957: Schimek family
  • 1957: He wants to make a joke
  • 1957: Exhibition City Vienna (short documentary film)
  • 1957: Austria (documentary)
  • 1957: Eva only kisses directors
  • 1957: Men are not angels either ( Wiener Luft )
  • 1958: You're only young twice
  • 1958: Always the cyclists
  • 1958: one after the other
  • 1959: Maria Stuart

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 682.

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personal data
SURNAME Carniel, Elio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Italian cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1991
Place of death Katzelsdorf