Peter Baumgartner (cameraman)
Peter Baumgartner (born February 14, 1939 in Höngg ) is a Swiss cameraman .
The son of the architect Armin Baumgartner and his wife Trudy finished high school with the commercial school-leaving certificate. He first became a copywriter and then graduated from recruiting school . He then moved to Munich and began studying directing at the Munich Film School . However, he could not find his way around here and had to leave school in 1960.
So he returned to Switzerland and was able to take part in the film Der Teufel hat Lachen good as a volunteer in the role of camera assistant through the mediation of his uncle, the film composer Walter Baumgartner . He was then a camera assistant three times and worked for documentary film companies in Zurich.
In 1967 he came to Erwin C. Dietrich's Urania-Film and became his most important collaborator. As head cameraman, he was not only responsible for the recordings of numerous sex films, but also occasionally worked as a film editor (in 1981 he was responsible for editing the film Mad Foxes - Fire on Wheels ), director, dubbing director, actor and production manager. At the same time he was a co-owner of Dietrich's company. responsible.
Baumgartner, who had settled in Berlin, separated from Dietrich in 1990 and devoted himself to his dubbing company Cinephon Filmproduktions-GmbH until several strokes forced him to withdraw into private life.
Filmography (as cameraman)
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Web links
- Peter Baumgartner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Baumgartner at filmportal.de
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| SURNAME | Baumgartner, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cameraman and film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Höngg |