Werner Bergmann (cameraman)

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Werner Bergmann (born January 14, 1921 in Niederkaina ( Bautzen ); † October 25, 1990 in Potsdam ) was a German cameraman who was best known for his films directed by Konrad Wolf . His brother Helmut Bergmann also became a cameraman.

Life

Bergmann trained as a portrait and industrial photographer and worked for Boehner-Film in Dresden from 1938 to 1939 . During World War II he was a war correspondent for Die Deutsche Wochenschau and later a lieutenant in a propaganda company. In 1939, after his draft, he was employed as a cameraman on the fronts in the west, southeast and east. In 1943 he was so badly wounded by shrapnel that his right arm had to be amputated. Bergmann then gets a job in the Ufa's cultural film department as a cameraman.

Since 1946 he was a cameraman at DEFA and initially worked on short films, from 1953 on feature films, fourteen of which were directed by Konrad Wolf .

His directorial debut was the 1965 experimental film DEFA 70 , which, in preparation for Konrad Wolf's Goya film, served to exhaust the possibilities of the 70-millimeter technology (new for DEFA). Bergmann later also directed feature films.

In 1952 he was awarded the Heinrich Greif Prize . In 1959, 1968 and 1971 he received the GDR National Prize .

Works

As a cameraman

As a director

As a performer

  • 1989/90: shot counter shot

Awards

  • 1952: Heinrich Greif Prize 1st class for friendship wins as a collective
  • 1959: National Prize of the GDR 2nd class for stars with Konrad Wolf
  • 1968: National Prize of the GDR 1st class for I was nineteen in the collective
  • 1971: National Prize of the GDR 1st class for Goya in a collective
  • 1977: Art Prize of the FDGB for Mama, I live with Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Konrad Wolf
  • 1982: Art Prize of the FDJ (Erich Weinert Medal) for Der Mann von der Cap Arcona in the collective

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personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederkaina
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1990
Place of death Potsdam