Erwin Anders

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Erwin Anders (born September 8, 1908 , † June 30, 1972 in Potsdam ) was a German cameraman .

Life

Anders completed an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic from 1922 to 1926. He then began to work as a photo lab technician at Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden . In Dresden he trained at the technical school from 1928 and finished his apprenticeship in 1930. From 1933 to 1945 he headed the Zeiss-Ikon film studio and then worked from 1946 to 1951 as a cameraman at DEFA- Production Saxony in Dresden. From 1955 until his death in 1972 he worked as a cameraman in the DEFA studio for feature films in Potsdam-Babelsberg and for German television broadcasting . Karl Plintzner was one of his mentors .

Anders shot numerous satirical short films in the series Das Stacheltier . Anders also directed once: Together with Christoph Engel , the children's film The Magic Man was made in 1960 .

Filmography

Award

On May 25, 1952, Anders received the Heinrich Greif Prize, 1st class , as part of the film collective for the documentary friendship wins . For his work on the satirical short films of the series Das Stacheltier he was, also in a collective, 1954 with the Heinrich Greif Prize III. Class excellent.

literature

  • Erwin Anders . In: Ingelore König, Dieter Wiedemann, Lothar Wolf (eds.): Between Marx and Muck. DEFA films for children . Henschel, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89487-234-9 , p. 425.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Plintzner's biography on defa.de
  2. ↑ See 1952 annual overview on defa.de.
  3. ↑ See 1954 annual overview on defa.de.
personal data
SURNAME Different, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1908
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1972
Place of death Potsdam