Willi Sohm
Willi Sohm (born August 18, 1913 in Neufelden ; † February 1, 1974 in Vienna ) was an Austrian cameraman .
He trained as an engineer at the technical and industrial training institute in Mödling and then worked as a camera assistant at UFA and Terra . Bruno Mondi and Willy Winterstein in particular were among his bosses .
After the war, Sohm was responsible for numerous German-Austrian musical comedies as a cameraman in the 1950s. He worked with various directors such as Géza von Bolváry and Géza von Cziffra . His best performances are the opera and operetta adaptations Don Giovanni ( Don Juan , 1955) and Gasparone (1956). Except for feature films, Sohm was used in documentaries. From 1961 to 1963 he taught image technology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the first seminar for film and television at an Austrian art academy, which he and Hans Winge set up as the first media art course at an Austrian academy of fine arts. When this seminar was closed, he began teaching camera at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, now the Vienna Film Academy, from 1964. He is the father of Wolfgang Sohm , an Austrian concept artist .
Filmography
- 1947: his only love
- 1948: The other life
- 1948: Lost race
- 1949: witches
- 1949: Dear friend
- 1951: The gateway to peace
- 1951: Call from the ether
- 1952: Adventure in the castle
- 1953: The regiment daughter
- 1955: Your first date
- 1955: Don Giovanni
- 1955: The three from the gas station
- 1956: A great hotel
- 1956: Gasparone
- 1956: Christel from the post office
- 1956: The Don Cossack Song
- 1956: The weird Otto
- 1957: It works
- 1957: Everything will be fine
- 1957: high up on the mountain
- 1958: Two hearts in May
- 1958: Dodo scandal
- 1958: Woe if you let go
- 1958: The trees are blooming again in the Prater
- 1958: A journey into happiness
- 1958: Frauensee
- 1959: If only my big brother only knew
- 1960: The Avenger
- 1960: A student passed by
- 1960: Sometimes under - sometimes over
- 1960: the hero of my dreams
- 1960: When the heather blooms
- 1961: Schlagerrevue 1962
- 1962: The Gypsy Baron
Web links
- Willi Sohm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ CONCEPTUALnow Facsimile: Wiener Zeitung - March 21, 1961 "Film Seminar Foundation - A pioneering"; Facsimile: Seminar plan for film and television, accessed on August 17, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sohm, Willi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neufelden |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st February 1974 |
Place of death | Vienna |