Franz Hofer (cameraman)

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Franz Hofer (* 1923 in Bavaria ; † 1980 ) was a German cameraman .

Life

Hofer began his career as a camera assistant shortly after the end of the Second World War and, under his mentor and teacher Hans Schneeberger, was involved in numerous entertainment films as a simple cameraman since the beginning of the 1950s , including Der fidele Bauer , The cheerful vineyard , The beautiful Tölzerin, Jonny saves Nebrador ' It was always so nice with you , King of the Manege , The Witch and Senior Physician Dr. Solm . Since 1958 he worked at that position the two years younger colleague Guenther Senftleben to, most recently at the 1963 shot in Berlin Walt Disney - remake of Erich Kastner's Emil and the Detectives and at the 1964 incurred comedy Do not tell me .

It was not until the mid-1960s that Hofer managed to land orders as chief cameraman. In 1967 (at the side of his Spanish colleague Jorge Herrero) he photographed three sado-erotic trash films for Adrian Hoven in his role as producer - Red Lips, Kiss Me, Monster and In the Castle of Bloody Desire - and then specialized in camera work Music film productions, most recently also operettas, which were mainly created for television. In 1972 he returned to the feature film for the last time with the camera work for the Peter-Alexander -Lustspiel Hauptsache Ferien .

Filmography

as chief cameraman
  • 1966: The Ofarims (TV documentary)
  • 1967: Red Lips - Sadisterotica
  • 1967: Kiss me, monster (Besame monster)
  • 1968: In the castle of bloody desire
  • 1969: Allegro (short film)
  • 1969: Giselle (ballet film, with Wolfgang Treu)
  • 1974: Violin concerto (short film)
  • 1975: The Gypsy Baron
  • 1975: Gypsy love

Web links

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 691.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH 1980