Willy Zeyn junior

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Willy Zeyn (born March 12, 1907 in Kiel ; † February 17, 1983 ) was a German film editor and film producer .

life and work

Willy Zeyn was the son of the silent film director Willy Zeyn senior . His film-technical training received at the Berlin copier Afifa. From 1928 he was head of the copy department of the company Ezentrikfilm.

With the beginning of the sound film age, Zeyn advanced to the position of master editor and was responsible for the film editing of complex productions, such as B. the two-part film adaptation of the novel "The Indian Tomb" by Thea von Harbou The Tiger of Esnapur and the sequel The Indian Tomb , which premiered in 1938.

In 1948 he founded Willy-Zeyn-GmbH, where he was managing director, producer and, from 1952, production manager . He produced musical comedies, love films and several war films in which the German Wehrmacht and its soldiers were portrayed positively and merely as misguided.

In 1960, Zeyn dissolved his company. He then worked for other film companies for some time. In the summer of 1970 he retired to his retirement home in Benidorm , Spain .

Filmography

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Production or line management

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. 534.

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personal data
SURNAME Zeyn, Willy junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film editor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1983