Willi Wiesner

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Willi Wiesner (born February 19, 1898 in Landsberg an der Warthe , † April 23, 1952 in Hamburg ) was a German production and line producer for film.

Live and act

Wiesner attended secondary school and then began to work as a men's outfitter. In 1927 he switched to film as an authorized signatory. From the mid-1930s he can be seen as Hermann Grunds production assistant in films such as Liebespeople, Eskapade, Uncle Bräsig, Die divine Jette , My friend Barbara, argument about the boy Jo and Anna Favetti .

In 1938 Willi Wiesner was promoted to production manager. In the early 1940s he was entrusted by Tobis as production manager with the technically smooth running of two ambitious large-scale productions, the tendentious films Bismarck and The Great King . Then Wiesner was busy with Harry Piel's lengthy panic film until shortly before the end of the war .

After the war Willi Wiesner worked as a production manager for Hamburg companies, from 1950 for his own company, Rondo-Film. He died two years later at the age of only 54.

Filmography

as (co-) production or line manager, unless otherwise stated

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 377.

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personal data
SURNAME Wiesner, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German production and line producer for film
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Landsberg on the Warta
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1952
Place of death Hamburg