Jossi Kaufmann
Josef "Jossi" Kaufmann (born November 4, 1936 in Palestine , † December 4, 2017 in Cologne ) was a German - Israeli photographer and cameraman .
Life
As a child of German-French parents, he learned several languages such as German, French, Iwrit, English, Spanish and Arabic. Kaufmann came to Germany in the 1950s. He completed his training as a cameraman at Arca-Filmproduktion GmbH in Berlin. From 1959 to 2001 he worked as a cameraman for WDR, ARD and ZDF in studios in Cologne, Paris and New York City. As a cameraman and documentary filmmaker, he traveled to many countries with various journalists such as Peter Scholl-Latour , Georg Stefan Troller , Ralph Giordano , Helmut Grosse , Ulrich Wickert and Klaus Richter . Kaufmann was married.
Awards and prizes (selection)
- multiple: Grimme Prize
Filmography (selection)
- 1966: An Ordinary Day (TV Movie)
- 1968: Quartet in bed
- 1972: Hundertwasser's rainy day (documentary)
Web links
- City of Cologne: On the death of Josef Kaufmann
- Express.de: Mourning for Cologne cameraman Jossi Kaufmann († 81) showed Germany the world
- Yossi Kaufmann in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Jossi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merchant, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli photographer and cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palestine |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 2017 |
| Place of death | Cologne , Germany |