Ulrich Karl Traugott Schulz

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Ulrich Karl Traugott Schulz , mostly just Ulrich KT Schulz , (born December 15, 1897 in Berlin , † November 18, 1983 in Potsdam ) was a zoologist and pioneer of biological cultural films .

Life

After studying zoology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , which he completed with a doctorate in 1919, Schulz became an assistant at the zoological institute at the Agricultural University in Berlin .

In 1920 he came to the UFA's cultural department and headed the biology department there until the group was dissolved in 1945 . With over 400 films on animals and plants, he is one of the most productive filmmakers in this genre. He developed and used technical innovations again and again, such as a telephoto lens and time-lapse technology . Many of his films were made on expeditions to Norway , Italy , Sicily and Yugoslavia .

In 1921 Schulz brought the first cultural film to German cinemas with the film Der Hirschkäfer . Glass Miracles from 1929 was the first German sound film , Bunte Tierwelt from 1931 was the first German color film .

Schulz devoted himself particularly intensively to the further development of the technology for underwater film . To this end, he constructed tripods, peep boxes and underwater mirrors, and finally placed his cameraman with a diving suit and the camera himself on the seabed. His film Sea Animals in the Adriatic from 1933 is considered the first German underwater film. In addition to numerous images of marine fauna, schools of fish and animal life on wrecks, it also contains the underwater work of Dalmatian sponge divers with helmets and suits. It was filmed in a water depth of up to 12 meters without artificial light sources, which was a particular technical challenge because very light-sensitive film material had to be used. In addition, there was still no experience of the optical conditions that apply to film work under water. Because of these technical difficulties, he did not put the paint film under water. His film Cold Blood Kinship. Colorful Life in the Depth from 1943 was shot as an Agfacolor color film, but it is still all about aquarium shots.

After the UFA group was dissolved, Schulz was initially a research associate at the Russian Technical Office for Cinematography until 1949, and then at the Institute for Film and Image in Hamburg. In the early 1950s he made several animal films in his own production. In 1957 he finally became director and head of the studio for popular science films at DEFA in Potsdam / Babelsberg. In 1963 he retired from active film work.

Honors

In 1972 the Kinotechnische Gesellschaft awarded him the Oskar Messter Medal.

Filmography (selection)

(Activity as a director, screenwriter or producer)

  • 1921: The stag beetle
  • 1923: Robber barons of the sea
  • 1923: In the zoos by the sea
  • 1925: The wonder world of the blue golf
  • 1927: In the bird sanctuary on Langeoog
  • 1928: Nature and love from primitive animals to humans
  • 1933: water has bars
  • 1933: Animal pictures from the Finnish forests from the home of the elk
  • 1933: From the Amselfeld to Lake Ochridasee pictures of the people in southern Serbia
  • 1934: Marine animals in the Adriatic
  • 1934: Voices in the reeds
  • 1935: The ant colony
  • 1937: The bee colony
  • 1937: Mystery of Life
  • 1938: Wedding in the animal kingdom
  • 1938: The youngest from the Gulf of Naples
  • 1940: Lake Neusiedl
  • 1941: Peaceful hunt with the color camera
  • 1943: Colorful life in the depths
  • 1944: The Rominter Heath
  • 1950: Bad guests
  • 1952: fruits of the sea
  • 1953: Small, industrious people
  • 1955: World of the water maiden

Publications

  • An important stage in biological film. In: Film-Kurier, January 18, 1944
  • With the camera in the underwater world. In: Film-Kurier, June 4, 1944
  • Filming on the ocean floor. Foto-Kino-Technik No. 7/1948, pp. 180-182
  • The underwater cinematography. In: The film technology center. Issue 2, February 1953, 4th year, pp. 25–31
  • The development of underwater cinematography. In: Bild und Ton, Issue 7/1960, 13th year, pp. 208-211
  • How do you film marine animals? Poseidon (1965) 2, pp. 20-23; 3, pp. 17-19
  • Swimming diving as a scientific method. Poseidon (1967) 63, pp. 116-119
  • From the water peephole to the first UW recordings. In: Neptun, Stuttgart, April 1967. pp. 103-106

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personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Ulrich Karl Traugott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulz, Ulrich KT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1983
Place of death Potsdam