Sepp Reef
Sepp Riff (born February 17, 1928 in Neuhofen im Innkreis , † February 19, 2000 in Baden ) was an Austrian cameraman and television producer .
Life
Riff started out as a newsreel cameraman and initially made short and documentary films. From 1955 full-length feature films followed. After that he worked especially for television, where he was involved in series such as If the music wasn't and Permit, my name is Cox (with Günter Pfitzmann ).
During the 1970s, Riff turned to teaching and teaching camera technology. Then he formed a joint production company with the journalist Hugo Portisch and designed several historical documentaries such as Austria I and Austria II for ORF . For his historical documentary series on the history of Austria after 1945 Austria II from 1981 to 1995 he and Portisch received a Golden Camera in 1983 .
Riff was temporarily married to the actress Lotte Ledl . Their son Alexander Riff (-Ledl) (* 1966), musical performer, dancer and choreographer comes from the marriage.
Sepp Riff died of a stroke after spending several years in the Hilde Wagener artists' home in Baden .
Filmography
- 1952: The new vegetable garden (short documentary film)
- 1953: Cilli Wang (short documentary)
- 1953: Your Grassland (short documentary film)
- 1953: get in please! (Short documentary)
- 1954: All about the dairy industry (short documentary film)
- 1954: How the boys sang (short documentary film)
- 1955: His daughter is Peter
- 1955: The dairymaid from St. Kathrein
- 1956: Your corporal
- 1956: Försterliesel
- 1956: The eyesore
- 1957: Waiter, pay!
- 1957: Under eighteen (German VT still underage )
- 1960: Confession by a sixteen year old
- 1962: Colorful City (short documentary film)
- 1964: The Criminal Court - The Calmette Case
- 1964: The criminal court - The Krantz case
- 1964: The Merry Wives of Windsor
- 1965: Permit me, my name is Cox (series, 13 episodes)
- 1966: Gertrud Stranitzki (series, 4 episodes)
- 1966: The devil
- 1966: Sentenced to death for a fee
- 1976: Duet for three
literature
- Hugo Portisch, Sepp Riff: Austria II / 1-4 , Verlag Heyne, 1993, ISBN 3-45306-961-7
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 536.
Web links
- Literature by and about Sepp Riff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sepp Riff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to information from film historian Kay Less
- ↑ Maria Gornikiewicz: When the curtain falls - Great artists among themselves . In: Wiener Zeitung .at, April 6, 2005, accessed on March 12, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reef, Sepp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuhofen im Innkreis |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 2000 |
| Place of death | to bathe |