Karl Kurzmayer
Karl Kurzmayer , also Carl Kurzmayer and Károly Kurzmayer (born November 28, 1901 in Vienna , † January 24, 1972 there ) was an Austrian cameraman .
After an apprenticeship as a photographer during the First World War, he received training as a cameraman at the Pathé film company . From 1918 he was involved in various film productions as a subordinate cameraman. In the 1920s he worked in this capacity and as a documentary filmmaker in Germany, Hungary, Spain and the USA.
At the age of 30 he became a teacher at the Belgrade Film Academy. It was not until 1933 that he started making films as head cameraman. Kurzmayer worked in studios in Budapest from 1936 to 1938 , then again in Vienna. Apart from his participation in the propaganda documentary Battle for Norway , he mainly shot cheerful film comedies, which were often played in Vienna. He was buried at the Baumgartner Friedhof .
Filmography
- 1933: Mystery of the sex
- 1934: Carnival and love
- 1935: The two fabrics
- 1935: The journey into the youth
- 1936: Immortal Melodies
- 1936: Hannerl and her lovers
- 1939: black versus blonde
- 1939: Miss Figaro
- 1939: one to one
- 1939: Anton the Last
- 1940: Seven years of bad luck
- 1940: Battle for Norway
- 1941: We ask for a dance
- 1944: The will to live
- 1946: The long way
- 1947: The world is turning upside down
- 1947: Viennese melodies
- 1948: back and forth
- 1948: The Treasure Chest (director and screenplay)
- 1948: The Sonnhof farmer (also co-director)
- 1949: love trial
- 1950: the stolen year
- 1951: When a Viennese woman waltzes
- 1951: Valentine's Fall
- 1952: The Sonnblick calls
- 1953: The big guilt
- 1953: The five rabbits
- 1954: Sun over the Adriatic
- 1954: Immortal Mozart
- 1955: Let the sun shine again
- 1955: The landlady on the Lahn
- 1955: Götz von Berlichingen
literature
- Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of films , Volume 4, Berlin 2001
Web links
- Karl Kurzmayer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Kurzmayer in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurzmayer, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurzmayer, Carl; Kurzmayer, Károly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1972 |
| Place of death | Vienna |