Willy Hameister
Camera
- Born
- December 3, 1889 · Krzypnica, Poland
- Died
- February 13, 1938 (age 48)
Willy Hameister was born on December 3, 1889 in Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania, he soon started to work for the "Deutsche Bioscop" from 1904 and filmed actual topics - a kind of news.
He switched to the film business in 1912 where he was active as a cinematographer for numerous movies. At the beginning of his film career he often worked together with the director Otto Rippert, anduring the 20s he worked besides many average movies also for some great classics, first of all "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1920). In 1938 he died at the age of only 48 after a long illness.
Known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
February 27, 1920
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
April 21, 1938
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
June 2, 1938
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
September 2, 1920
Backstairs
December 11, 1921
The Plague of Florence
October 23, 1919
In Night and Ice
August 17, 1912
The Island of the Lost
November 21, 1921
Pipin, der Kurze
March 30, 1934
Only You
September 4, 1930
Der lachende Ehemann
November 26, 1926
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
August 26, 1927
Behind the camera55
- 1938Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty Director of Photography
- 1938Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations Director of Photography
- 1936Wochenendzauber Director of Photography
- 1935Csardas: Her Wildest Night Director of Photography
- 1934V cizím revíru Director of Photography
- 1934Rozpustilá noc Director of Photography
- 1934Pipin, der Kurze Camera Operator
- 1933Das lustige Kleeblatt Director of Photography
- 1933Höllentempo Director of Photography
- 1932