Walter Pindter
Walter Pindter (born June 17, 1911 in Berlin , † December 23, 1989 in Cologne ?) Was a German cameraman , film director and television producer .
Life
Pindter received his training from the Ufa subsidiary Afifa. In August 1933 he made his debut as co-chief cameraman, from 1936 he was chief cameraman at Ufa, from 1939 he worked for Terra and other companies.
In 1946 he was behind the camera in the first feature film, Tell the Truth, made in the west of occupied Germany . Pindter he turned increasingly to the documentary film, founded his Südwestfilm GmbH based in Freiburg im Breisgau and also directed. As a documentary filmmaker and broadcasting director, he joined the newly founded WDR in Cologne in 1952 . He was temporarily married to the actress Leny Marenbach .
Filmography (as cameraman)
- 1933: Little girl - great luck
- 1935: The higher command (camera assistant)
- 1936: Patent art castle
- 1936: King of Diamonds
- 1937: Little night comedy
- 1937: Papa's misstep
- 1937: the touchstone
- 1937: The bomb idea
- 1937: Heinz coughs
- 1937: Jüngens smells a fuse
- 1937: From bad to worse
- 1937: football
- 1937: The little lady dreams
- 1938: weekend peace
- 1938: billeting near Klawunde
- 1938: A song of love
- 1939: Rosemarie no longer wants to lie
- 1939: The stiletto
- 1939: The surprising baby
- 1939: The anonymous letter
- 1939: Model Lu, the life path of a hat
- 1939: Rio headquarters
- 1939: homeland
- 1940: Heart without a home
- 1940: Made-to-measure woman
- 1940: two worlds
- 1940: counterfeiter
- 1941: Friedemann Bach
- 1942: June 5th
- 1943: city melody
- 1944: The master detective
- 1944: The Roedern affair
- 1945: Spring melody
- 1946: Tell the truth
- 1949: 12 hearts for Charly
- 1949: Hello - you forgot your wife
- 1950: The night without sin
- 1950: Zirkuswinter (short documentary film, also director)
- 1950: Sensation in the Savoy
- 1950: Small town, big life (short documentary, also director)
- 1951: One will - one way
- 1951: The Stranger Life (short documentary, also director)
- 1952: Europe in the making (also direction and production)
- 1952: Holidays - with a difference (also director)
- 1959: As far as your feet can carry (multi-part, only production)
- 1959/1960: On the green beach of the Spree (five-part, only production)
Web links
- Walter Pindter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Report about the beginning at WDR with photo of Pindter ( Memento from February 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pindter, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman, film director and television producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1989 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Cologne |