Werner M. Lenz

Werner M. Lenz (born July 29, 1923 in Hamburg ) is a German cameraman and film director .

After training in photography, he became a documentary filmmaker and camera assistant to Willy Winterstein . As a head cameraman, he began with homeland films, followed by military and musical comedies.

Since 1961 Lenz worked almost exclusively for Gero Wecker's Arca Film, with crime, adventure and agent films now dominating. Since 1967 he has been the camera operator for Oswalt Kolle's educational films and has been a director several times. Lenz ended his career in film in 1972 and moved to Spain a little later.

Filmography (as cameraman)

1951: On New Paths (short documentary) 1952: House within a House (short documentary) 1954: money out of thin air 1954: ... and love stays forever 1955: son without a home 1956: The bell founder of Tyrol 1956: The farmer from the Brucknerhof 1956: While the roses are still blooming 1957: Greetings and kisses from Tegernsee 1957: Under palm trees by the blue sea 1957: Country innocence 1957: The eagle from the Velsatal 1957: All roads lead home 1958: My girl is a postilion 1958: The magic of clothing 1958: Mikosch, the pride of the company 1958: The forbidden paradise 1958: When Conny with Peter 1959: Mikosch in the secret service 1959: Yes, a girl like that at 16 1960: We cellar children 1960: The young sinner 1962: The girl and the public prosecutor 1962: As great as it was back then 1962: Heavy fog last night

1962: Honey, I have to shoot you 1963: The merry vagabonds 1963: The white spider (also production manager) 1963: Holidays like never before 1963: Jack and Jenny (also line producer) 1964: The Dartmoor tavern (also production manager) 1964: Breakfast with death 1964: Lana - Queen of the Amazons 1965: The secret of the three junks (also cut) 1966: Two girls from the Red Star 1966: Career (A belles dents) 1968: Oswalt Kolle: The miracle of love 1968: Oswalt Kolle: The miracle of love II - sexual partnership 1969: Oswalt Kolle: Your wife, the unknown being 1969: Guess who's sleeping with us today ...? (also cut) 1969: Oswalt Kolle - For example: adultery 1970: Oswalt Kolle: Your man, the unknown being (only direction) 1970: Oswalt Kolle: Your child, the unknown being (also director) 1970: Die Liebestollen Baronessen (only cut) 1971: The Honest Interview (director only) 1972: Facts - Copenhagen Sex Report (also director) 1972: Me, the adventure of being a woman today 1972: Oswalt Kolle: Love as a board game (also director)

literature

• Kay Less : The large personal lexicon of film , Volume 4. Berlin 2001

Web links

• Werner M. Lenz in the Internet Movie Database (English)