Otto Martini
Camera
- Born
- December 11, 1902 · Nuremberg, Germany
- Died
- September 1, 1979 (age 76)
Otto Martini (* December 11 , 1902 in Nuremberg ; † September 1, 1979 in Murnau ) was a German cameraman , film director , screenwriter and film producer .
The son of actor Ferdinand Martini received his training at the Research Institute for Photography and Cinema Technology . In 1924, he began working at Emelka as a junior cameraman.
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Martini primarily devoted himself to documentary filmmaking . He only occasionally participated in feature films, including as a co-cameraman on some of Karel Lamač's comedies . His contribution as one of five cameramen for the mountain film classic * Der Berg ruft* (The Mountain Calls ) by and starring Luis Trenker in 1937 was also Martini's last feature film work.
He then moved to the documentary film department of Universum Film (UFA) , where he worked as a cameraman and, in some productions, also as director and writer. In 1944, he was transferred to the Luftwaffe's propaganda company.
In 1945 and 1946, he produced passport photos; from 1947 onward, he directed documentaries for the Hamburg-based GEA-Kulturfilm. In 1949, he founded his own production company, Gesellschaft für bildende Filme (GbF). Until 1978, he created various documentary and industrial films as a director, producer, and writer. He received the Filmband in Gold award in 1960 for *Impuls unserer Zeit * (1959) . His son, Ronald Martini (born 1928), also produced documentary, research, and industrial films.
Known for
Behind the camera13
- 1964Signale Screenplay
- 1962The Parallel Street Producer
- 1962Spiel in Farben Director of Photography
- 1959Impuls unserer Zeit Director
- 1958A City's Birthday Celebrations Producer
- 1938The Mountain Calls Cinematography
- 1937Mit Motorkraft Director of Photography
- 1936Dusty Ermine Additional Photography
- 1935The Young Count Director of Photography
- 1934Mountain Man
