Frank Banuscher
Frank Banuscher (* 1931 or 1932 ; † October 12, 2008 ) was a German cameraman and winner of the Golden Camera .
Act
Frank Banuscher worked as a head cameraman for the North German Broadcasting Corporation . The broad spectrum of his work ranged from recordings for short regional contributions to documentaries , television series and feature films . He was best known for his recordings of the 18-minute sketch Dinner for One , although his name did not appear in the credits . After the sketch became a huge success with the public in many countries and was repeated on television every New Year's Eve, many journalists asked Banuscher about the making of the cult film.
Banuscher worked with well-known directors, for example with Fritz Kortner ( Die Sendung der Lysistrata ), Rolf Hädrich ( Backfischliebe ), Dietrich Haugk ( Special Department K1 ), Theo Mezger (10 episodes Black Red Gold ), John Olden , Jürgen Roland ( Tatorte ), Niels-Peter Rudolph (Amphitrion) and Claus Peter Witt ( The Demons ). For a year Banuscher photographed the faces of Asia together with the foreign correspondent Hans Walter Berg . Aristocratic expert Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert and director István Bury let Banuscher put royal highnesses and royal castles in the picture.
Stars from Lale Andersen to Romy Schneider to Inge Meysel , from Manfred Krug and Diether Krebs to Christoph Bantzer acted in front of his camera . In 1989 he received the Golden Camera award for his life's work .
Frank Banuscher was married to the picture columnist Doris Banuscher. He died in October 2008 at the age of 76.
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: Dinner for One
- 1965: The Despicable One (TV series, an episode)
- 1969–1973: On the trail of the perpetrator (TV series, ten episodes)
- 1971: Tatort - The judge in white
- 1974: Tatort - acquaintance in a bar
- 1975: crime scene - thoughts of murder
- 1976: The crime scene - ... and then it's payday
- 1979: Tatort - All in vain
- 1980: Crime scene - grazing shot
- 1982: Special Department K1 (TV series, two episodes)
- 1984: Crime scene - sharks off Heligoland
- 1985: Tatort - Baranski's business
- 1988: Black Red Gold - Black Coffee (TV series)
- 1990: Black Red Gold - Mutton jump
- 1991: Black Red Gold - Dirty Gold
- 1991: Black Red Gold fabric
- 1993: Black Red Gold - The ruble is rolling
- 1993: Black Red Gold - Made in Germany
- 1993: Black Red Gold - Mafia polska
- 1994: Black Red Gold Mission in Hong Kong
- 1995: Black Red Gold - money stinks
- 1996: Black Red Gold - In the Swamp
literature
- Hans Walter Berg : Faces of Asia . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-455-08721-3
Web links
- Frank Banuscher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Britta Stahlberg: cameraman of a cult piece. In: The world. December 29, 2002
- Frank Banuscher at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ EBook reading sample Mayr, Stefan: "Dinner for One from AZ" . ISBN 978-3-8387-4542-8 ( weiterlesen.de [accessed on January 13, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banuscher, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Banuscher, Frank A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 or 1932 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 2008 |