Paul Krien
Paul Krien (born April 30, 1873 in Sagan , Silesia , † February 1935 in the German Empire ) was a German cameraman specializing in nature and wildlife photography.
Live and act
Born in Lower Silesia, the son of a police officer, he went through a photography school and learned the practical trade for four years with the court photographer Paul Fundner in Berlin's Potsdamer Strasse 111. He then worked as a photographer for several companies in the German provinces before moving to cinematography on October 15, 1901 , which at the time was still in its infancy, came across. Until 1903 Krien worked as a laboratory assistant for the Deutsche Mutoscop- und Biograph-Gesellschaft, then in the same position until 1908 with Oskar Messter . From 1908 to 1910 he worked as operations manager and camera operator for Alfred Duskes' company . After 1911 Krien worked as a freelancer until he was drafted in 1916.
Back in civilian life, Paul Krien went to Neutral-Film as operations manager in 1918, then to Deulig-Film AG until 1921. In 1921 he was hired by Ernst Krieger's UFA cultural department as a recording operator (cameraman). In the next decade and a half, up to his death in 1935, Krien photographed a wealth of mostly short nature and documentary films by UFA and soon made a name for himself as a specialist in animal and wildlife photography.
His son was the feature film cameraman and color film specialist Werner Krien .
Filmography
- 1924: Horrido
- 1924: Wine, women, song
- 1925: The poacher
- 1927: nature and love
- 1927: From Nice to Corsica
- 1927: From rock to sea
- 1928: Mungo, the snake killer
- 1928: Wild storks
- 1929: Glass miracle animals
- 1929: marriage in the animal kingdom
- 1929: Strange Sea People
- 1930: Just like us
- 1930: Lively marriages
- 1931: Propagation in plants
- 1931: Wonderful world of the pond
- 1932: Nature as a protector in the struggle for existence
- 1932: Animal idyll in the big city
- 1933: Green vagabonds
- 1933: Monkey pranks
- 1935: The ant colony
literature
- Kurt Mühsam / Egon Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film . Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926. P. 98 f.
Web links
- Paul Krien in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul Krien at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krien, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman, specializing in nature and wildlife photography |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sagan , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1935 |
| Place of death | German Empire |