Werner Brandes
Werner Brandes (born July 10, 1889 in Braunschweig , † September 30, 1968 in Los Angeles County , California ) was a German cameraman .
Life
From 1909 he worked for Franz Porten in the film sector as a cameraman. Until the beginning of the First World War he filmed several period films, including Theodor Körner (1912), Aus Deutschlands Ruhmestagen 1870/71 (1913) and The Film from Queen Luise (1913). After the war he became the "chief operator" of the Joe May film company. In this role he was responsible for the recordings of the monumental film series The Mistress of the World (1919) and for the exotic two-part film The Indian Tomb (1921). Towards the end of the 1920s, Brandes gained his first international experience with film productions in England. He was behind the camera for Ewald André Dupont's Piccadilly - Nachtwelt and Arthur Robison's The Informer , both produced in England in 1929.
Brandes was involved in a successful early talkie with Emil and the Detectives , directed by Gerhard Lamprecht . In the 1930s he filmed many light entertainment films (music and operetta films), but also Veit Harlan's Der Herrscher . In 1939 Werner Brandes emigrated to Switzerland for the sake of his Jewish wife, and in 1946 the couple went to the United States.
Filmography
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literature
- Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 111.
Web links
- Werner Brandes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Brandes, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1968 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles County , California |