Sepp Allgeier
- Camera
- February 6, 1895 · Freiburg, Germany
- March 11, 1968
Biography
Josef "Sepp" Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1913, he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television. His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier.
Known for
Filmography
- In der Fremde zu Haus · Director
- German Film Award · Self
- Wintersonne über dem Schwarzwald · Cinematography, Director
- Helden der Landstrasse · Director
- Skiflieger · Cinematography
- Son of the Midnight Sun · Cinematography
- The West Wall · Camera Operator
- The Mountain Calls · Cinematography
- Militiaman Bruggler · Cinematography
- Freiburg im Breisgau, das Tor zum Hochschwarzwald · Director, Writer
- Escape Me Never · Cinematography
- Triumph of the Will · Cinematography
- The Fight for the Matterhorn · Cinematography
- The Champion of Pontresina · Cinematography
- The Queen's Affair · Additional Photography
- The Victory of Faith · Cinematography
- Baroud · Cinematography
- The Rebel · Cinematography
- The Doomed Battalion · Cinematography
- The Burning Mountains · Cinematography
- Mountains on Fire · Cinematography
- Storm Over Mont Blanc · Cinematography
- The White Hell of Pitz Palu · Cinematography
- Diary of a Lost Girl · Cinematography
- The Fight for the Matterhorn · Cinematography
- Milak, der Grönlandjäger · Cinematography
- The White Stadium · Cinematography
- The Great Leap · Cinematography
- The Holy Mountain · Cinematography
- Mountain of Destiny · Cinematography
- Pömperly's Kampf mit dem Schneeschuh · Cinematography
- The Wonder of the Snowshoe, 2. Part - A Fox Hunt on Skis through the Engadine · Cinematography
- Im Kampf mit dem Berge · Cinematography
- Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs · Cinematography
- Mit der Kamera im ewigen Eis – Teil 1 · Camera Operator, Director
- 4628 Meter hoch auf Skiern · Director
- Alpine Rock Climbing Technique · Director