Martin Schäfer (cameraman)

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Martin Schäfer (born July 6, 1943 in Munich , † April 11, 1988 in Wangen im Allgäu ) was a German cameraman .

Life

Schäfer completed an apprenticeship as a photographer after high school and was employed in various positions in the film industry from 1968, particularly as a lighting technician . In 1971 he was the first camera assistant under Robby Müller .

In this position, he worked for various directors of the New German Cinema for years after his own debut as head cameraman in 1973 . Not until 1977 did he only work as chief cameraman. He made experimental films with directors such as Helke Sander , Rudolf Thome and Hans-Christoph Blumenberg , documentaries and feature films directed by Vadim Glowna and Wim Wenders . For his Der Stand der Dinge (1981/82) he received a gold film tape as part of the team in 1983 , at the same time for Dies rigorose Leben , for which he also received a special prize from the German Camera Prize 1984. From 1985 he led courses in camera and light at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . Schäfer died unexpectedly of a heart attack .

Filmography

  • 1973: overnight
  • 1973: The trip to Vienna
  • 1974: Made in Germany and USA
  • 1976: Over time
  • 1979: The raid
  • 1979: What I am are my films
  • 1980: love with closed eyes
  • 1980: Radio On
  • 1980: affect
  • 1980: Lightning Over Water
  • 1980: Berlin Chamissoplatz
  • 1980: Typical Eddie
  • 1981: The subjective factor
  • 1981: Would you like to have a coffee with me?
  • 1982: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
  • 1982: Sœur Anne ne vois-tu rien venir?
  • 1982: For a while, it was in Rome, he only thought of snow-covered fields
  • 1982: The state of affairs
  • 1983: This rigorous life
  • 1983: system without shadow
  • 1984: two pictures
  • 1984: Chekhov in my life
  • 1984: Flight to Berlin
  • 1984: The beginning of all horrors is love
  • 1984: a thousand eyes
  • 1985: Chain Letters
  • 1985: The double world
  • 1985: All ghosts are circling
  • 1986: Bibo's men
  • 1986: Tarot
  • 1987: Une femme perdue de vue
  • 1987: The Devil's Paradise
  • 1988: the cat
  • 1988: the microscope
  • 1989: O Sangue
  • 1990: The Empress's complaint
  • 1992: Eddie

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Place of death “Wangen” according to Kay Less : The film's large personal dictionary . According to the biography at filmportal.de, Schäfer died near Erlangen .
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1988
Place of death Wangen in the Allgäu